{"id":179421,"date":"2008-12-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaswant-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-23-december-2008"},"modified":"2016-12-18T18:46:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T13:16:26","slug":"jaswant-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-23-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaswant-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-23-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Jaswant Singh vs State Of Punjab And Another on 23 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Jaswant Singh vs State Of Punjab And Another on 23 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n\n                                           RFA No.2442 of 1990\n\n                                           Date of Decision: 23.12.2008\n\nJaswant Singh\n                                                        ..Appellant.\n\nVs.\n\nState of Punjab and another\n                                                        ..Respondents.\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN\n\n\nPresent:     Mr.I.S.Rangpuri, Advocate for the appellant.\n\n             Mr.N.S.Pawar, Addl.AG Punjab for the respondents.\n\nRAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>             For orders see separate detailed order passed in RFA No.2443<\/p>\n<p>of 1990 titled as Prem Singh Vs. 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