{"id":200599,"date":"2008-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/raj-kumari-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-10-november-2008"},"modified":"2015-02-19T19:28:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T13:58:22","slug":"raj-kumari-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-10-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/raj-kumari-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-10-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Raj Kumari vs State Of Punjab And Others on 10 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Raj Kumari vs State Of Punjab And Others on 10 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND\n                       HARYANA, CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                                             C.W.P.No.14263 of 2008\n                                             Date of decision: 10.11.2008\nRaj Kumari\n                                                              ......Petitioner(s)\n                                   Versus\nState of Punjab and others\n                                                              ...Respondent(s)<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM:       HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL<br \/>\n             HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH<\/p>\n<p>Present:     Mr. Rajesh Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>             Mr. N.D.S. Mann, Addl.A.G, Punjab for respondents No.1 to 4.<br \/>\nSATISH KUMAR MITTAL,J(ORAL)<br \/>\n             Petitioner, who is resident of Village Mehangrowal, District<br \/>\nHoshiarpur has filed the present petition under Articles 226\/227 of the<br \/>\nConstitution of India for issuing directions to the Deputy Commissioner-<br \/>\ncum-Presiding Officer, Election Tribunal, Hoshiarpur to decide the election<br \/>\npetition filed by him challenging the election of respondent No.4<br \/>\nexpeditiously.\n<\/p>\n<p>             We have heard learned counsel for the parties.<br \/>\n             In the written statement, it has not been disputed that the<br \/>\nelection petition was filed on 7.7.2008 and the same is pending before the<br \/>\nElection Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n<p>             After hearing counsel for the parties, we dispose of this petition<br \/>\nwith a direction to Election Commission, Hoshiarpur to decide the election<br \/>\npetition filed by the petitioner expeditiously preferably within a period of<br \/>\nnine months.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n                                          ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL )\n                                                    JUDGE\n\n\n\nNovember 10, 2008                                ( JASWANT SINGH )\nmanoj                                                 JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Raj Kumari vs State Of Punjab And Others on 10 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.14263 of 2008 Date of decision: 10.11.2008 Raj Kumari &#8230;&#8230;Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab and others &#8230;Respondent(s) CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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