{"id":183220,"date":"2008-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bachan-singh-and-others-vs-the-punjab-state-and-others-on-12-december-2008"},"modified":"2018-03-31T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T12:33:08","slug":"bachan-singh-and-others-vs-the-punjab-state-and-others-on-12-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bachan-singh-and-others-vs-the-punjab-state-and-others-on-12-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Bachan Singh And Others vs The Punjab State And Others on 12 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bachan Singh And Others vs The Punjab State And Others on 12 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n\n                                          RFA No.1585 of 1995\n\n                                          Date of Decision: 12.12.2008\n\nBachan Singh and others\n                                                      ..Appellants.\n\nVs.\n\nThe Punjab State and others\n                                                      ..Respondents.\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN\n\n\nPresent:     Mr.R.K.Aggarwal, Advocate for the appellants.\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.1583<\/p>\n<p>of 1995 titled as Ajit Singh and others Vs. 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