{"id":183450,"date":"2011-08-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bhikhabhai-vs-state-on-29-august-2011"},"modified":"2018-08-23T04:25:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T22:55:46","slug":"bhikhabhai-vs-state-on-29-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bhikhabhai-vs-state-on-29-august-2011","title":{"rendered":"Bhikhabhai vs State on 29 August, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bhikhabhai vs State on 29 August, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Akil Kureshi, Gokani,<\/div>\n<pre>  \n Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n    \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nWPPIL\/97\/2011\t 1\/ 1\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nWRIT\nPETITION (PIL) No. 97 of 2011\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nBHIKHABHAI\nKALYANJIBHAI JETHAVA - PETITIONER\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT - RESPONDENT\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nAJ YAGNIK\nfor\nMR VIJAY H NANGESH for PETITIONER  \nMR KAMAL B TRIVEDI Advocate\nGeneral with Mr. PK JANI GP &amp; Ms. Sangita Vishin AGP for\nRESPONDENT  \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t:\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n HONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMS JUSTICE SONIA GOKANI    29th August 2011\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n ORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p> (Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI)<\/p>\n<p>Learned advocate Shri<br \/>\nYagnik sought permission to join Registrar General of the Gujarat<br \/>\nHigh Court as respondent no.2. Permission is granted. Issue notice to<br \/>\nthe newly added respondent returnable on 5th September<br \/>\n2011. Direct service is permitted.\n<\/p>\n<p>{Akil Kureshi, J.}<\/p>\n<p>{Ms. Sonia Gokani, J.}<\/p>\n<p>Prakash*<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Bhikhabhai vs State on 29 August, 2011 Author: Akil Kureshi, Gokani, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print WPPIL\/97\/2011 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD WRIT PETITION (PIL) No. 97 of 2011 ========================================================= BHIKHABHAI KALYANJIBHAI JETHAVA &#8211; PETITIONER Versus STATE OF GUJARAT &#8211; RESPONDENT ========================================================= Appearance : [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bhikhabhai vs State on 29 August, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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