{"id":160993,"date":"2011-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kantibhai-vs-state-on-16-november-2011"},"modified":"2018-07-16T13:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T07:38:45","slug":"kantibhai-vs-state-on-16-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kantibhai-vs-state-on-16-november-2011","title":{"rendered":"Kantibhai vs State on 16 November, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kantibhai vs State on 16 November, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Mr.Bhaskar Bhattacharya, J.B.Pardiwala,<\/div>\n<pre>  \n Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n    \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nWPPIL\/78\/2011\t 1\/ 1\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nWRIT\nPETITION (PIL) No. 78 of 2011\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nKANTIBHAI\nVITHALDAS PATEL &amp; 9 - PETITIONER\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT - THROUGH SECRETARY &amp; 2 - RESPONDENT\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nM\/S\nTHAKKAR ASSOC. for\nPETITIONER : 1 - 10. \nGOVERNMENT PLEADER for RESPONDENT : 1 -\n2. \nNOTICE SERVED for RESPONDENT : 3, \nMR MP PRAJAPATI for\nRESPONDENT :\n3, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tTHE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \n\nMR.BHASKAR\n\t\t\tBHATTACHARYA\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE J.B.PARDIWALA\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 16\/11\/2011 \n\n \n\nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR.BHASKAR BHATTACHARYA)<\/p>\n<p>\tLet<br \/>\nthe matter appear after fortnight i.e. on 30th<br \/>\nNovember 2011. Rejoinder to the reply be given in the meantime.\n<\/p>\n<p>(Bhaskar<br \/>\nBhattacharya, Actg. C.J.)<\/p>\n<p>(J.B.Pardiwala,<br \/>\nJ.)<\/p>\n<p>\/moin<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Kantibhai vs State on 16 November, 2011 Author: Mr.Bhaskar Bhattacharya, J.B.Pardiwala, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print WPPIL\/78\/2011 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD WRIT PETITION (PIL) No. 78 of 2011 ========================================================= KANTIBHAI VITHALDAS PATEL &amp; 9 &#8211; PETITIONER Versus STATE OF GUJARAT &#8211; THROUGH SECRETARY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kantibhai vs State on 16 November, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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