{"id":190209,"date":"2010-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-vs-nilkanth-on-5-february-2010"},"modified":"2015-06-22T03:46:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T22:16:03","slug":"union-vs-nilkanth-on-5-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-vs-nilkanth-on-5-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"Union vs Nilkanth on 5 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Union vs Nilkanth on 5 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Mr.S.J.Mukhopadhaya,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Mr.Justice Dave,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\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\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCA\/4177\/2007\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\nCIVIL\nAPPLICATION - FOR DIRECTION No. 4177 of 2007\n \n\nIn\nLETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 1671 of 2006\n \n\nIn\nSPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 16500 of 2005\n \n\nWith\nLETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 1671 of 2006\n \n\nWith\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 15149 of 2006\n \n\n \n=============================================\n\n\n \n\nUNION\nOF INDIA - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nNILKANTH\nTULSIDAS BHATIA &amp; 7 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=============================================\n \nAppearance : \nMR\nRAMNANDAN SINGH for Petitioner(s) : 1, \nMR YF MEHTA for\nRespondent(s) : 1, \nRULE SERVED for Respondent(s) : 2 - 3, 7, \nMR\nHARIN P RAVAL for Respondent(s) : 4 - 5. \nRULE NOT RECD BACK for\nRespondent(s) : 6, \nGOVERNMENT PLEADER for Respondent(s) :\n8, \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\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tTHE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. S.J. MUKHOPADHAYA\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n \n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE ANANT S. DAVE\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\nDate\n: 05\/02\/2010 \n\n \n\nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. S.J. MUKHOPADHAYA)<\/p>\n<p>\tIt<br \/>\nis informed that Solicitor General of India will assist in this<br \/>\nmatter.   On the request of Mr. Hriday Buch, Central Government<br \/>\nStanding Counsel, the matter is adjourned to 18.03.2010.\n<\/p>\n<p>(S.J.\n<\/p>\n<p>MUKHOPADHAYA, C.J.)<\/p>\n<p>(ANANT<br \/>\nS. DAVE, J.)<\/p>\n<p>[sn<br \/>\ndevu] pps <\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Union vs Nilkanth on 5 February, 2010 Author: Mr.S.J.Mukhopadhaya,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Mr.Justice Dave,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CA\/4177\/2007 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CIVIL APPLICATION &#8211; FOR DIRECTION No. 4177 of 2007 In LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No. 1671 of 2006 In SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. [&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-190209","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 v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Union vs Nilkanth on 5 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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