{"id":174146,"date":"2008-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-and-another-vs-dharam-singh-and-others-on-11-august-2008"},"modified":"2018-10-20T19:29:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T13:59:53","slug":"union-of-india-and-another-vs-dharam-singh-and-others-on-11-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-and-another-vs-dharam-singh-and-others-on-11-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Union Of India And Another vs Dharam Singh And Others on 11 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Union Of India And Another vs Dharam Singh And Others on 11 August, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n                        RFA No.2841 of 1989\n\n                                           Date of Decision: 11.8.2008\n\nUnion of India and another\n                                                       ..Appellants.\n\nVs.\n\nDharam Singh and others\n                                                       ..Respondent.\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.Pardeep Goyal, Standing counsel for UOI.\n\n\nRAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            This order shall dispose of RFA Nos.2841, 2842, 2856, 2844,<\/p>\n<p>2845, 2846, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2851, 2852, 2853, 2854, 2855 and<\/p>\n<p>2843 of 1989 by a common order as common questions of law and facts are<\/p>\n<p>involved therein.\n<\/p>\n<p>            At the outset, counsel for the appellants-Union of India has<\/p>\n<p>very fairly conceded that the aforesaid appeals are squarely covered by the<\/p>\n<p>decision of this Court in RFA No.2045 of 1990 titled as Union of India and<\/p>\n<p>others Versus Khem Raj decided by Hon&#8217;ble Mr.Justice Ashutosh Mohunta<\/p>\n<p>on 26.5.2004.\n<\/p>\n<p>            In view of the aforesaid statement, the aforesaid appeals are<\/p>\n<p>disposed of in terms of the decision rendered in RFA No.2045 of 1990<\/p>\n<p>titled as Union of India and others Versus Khem Raj decided by<\/p>\n<p>Hon&#8217;ble Mr.Justice Ashutosh Mohunta on 26.5.2004.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n                                            (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\n11.8.2008                                          Judge\nMeenu\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Union Of India And Another vs Dharam Singh And Others on 11 August, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.2841 of 1989 Date of Decision: 11.8.2008 Union of India and another ..Appellants. 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