{"id":170271,"date":"2008-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-surinder-syal-vs-panjab-university-others-on-31-october-2008"},"modified":"2015-06-27T22:13:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T16:43:16","slug":"dr-surinder-syal-vs-panjab-university-others-on-31-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-surinder-syal-vs-panjab-university-others-on-31-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Surinder Syal vs Panjab University &amp; Others on 31 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr. Surinder Syal vs Panjab University &amp; Others on 31 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB &amp;\n                HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.\n\n                                      CWP No.1043 of 1999\n                                      Date of decision: 31.10.2008\n\nDr. Surinder Syal                                    ...Petitioner(s)\n\n                         Versus\n\nPanjab University &amp; others                          ...Respondents\n\n\nCORAM:      HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA\n\nPresent:    Mr. Puneet Bali, Advocate, for the petitioners.\n            Mr. Anupam Gupta, Advocate, for Panjab University.\n            Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab for State of Punjab.\n            Mr. Gurpreet Singh and\n            Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Advocates, for Union of India.\n\n\nRajan Gupta, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            For the detailed reasons mentioned in our judgment of even<\/p>\n<p>date in CWP No.8025 of 2007 titled &#8220;Dr. A.C. Julka &amp; others Vs. Panjab<\/p>\n<p>University and others, this writ petition stands dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                (RAJAN GUPTA)<br \/>\n                                                     JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                         (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA)<br \/>\n                                                  JUDGE<br \/>\nOctober 31, 2008<br \/>\n&#8216;rajpal&#8217;\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Dr. Surinder Syal vs Panjab University &amp; Others on 31 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.1043 of 1999 Date of decision: 31.10.2008 Dr. Surinder Syal &#8230;Petitioner(s) Versus Panjab University &amp; others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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