{"id":171206,"date":"2009-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaswant-singh-vs-smt-janki-devi-on-4-september-2009"},"modified":"2015-09-30T07:49:20","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T02:19:20","slug":"jaswant-singh-vs-smt-janki-devi-on-4-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaswant-singh-vs-smt-janki-devi-on-4-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"Jaswant Singh vs Smt. Janki Devi on 4 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Delhi High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Jaswant Singh vs Smt. Janki Devi on 4 September, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Shiv Narayan Dhingra<\/div>\n<pre>             * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI\n\n                                                        Date of Reserve: 26.8.2009\n                                                Date of Order: 4th September, 2009\n\nIA No. 4923\/2009 in CS(OS) No. 1560\/2008\n%                                                                      04.09.2009\n\n      Jaswant Singh                                      ... Plaintiff\n                            Through: Ms. Kiran Suri, Advocate\n\n              Versus\n\n\n      Smt. Janki Devi                                           ... Defendant\n\n\nJUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA\n\n1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the\njudgment?\n\n2. To be referred to the reporter or not?\n\n3. Whether judgment should be reported in Digest?\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>              This application has been filed by the plaintiff for recalling\/reviewing<\/p>\n<p>order dated 16.2.2009 passed by this Court. No ground is made out in the<\/p>\n<p>application for reviewing or recalling the order.       The application is hereby<\/p>\n<p>dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>September 04, 2009                                SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA, J.<br \/>\nvn\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court Jaswant Singh vs Smt. 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