{"id":20081,"date":"2008-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-through-secretary-vs-dharam-singh-and-others-on-17-november-2008"},"modified":"2018-01-03T23:36:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T18:06:58","slug":"union-of-india-through-secretary-vs-dharam-singh-and-others-on-17-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-through-secretary-vs-dharam-singh-and-others-on-17-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Union Of India Through Secretary vs Dharam Singh And Others on 17 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Union Of India Through Secretary vs Dharam Singh And Others on 17 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\nCHANDIGARH\n\n                                          RFA No.1293 of 1996\n\n                                          Date of Decision: 17.11.2008\n\nUnion of India through Secretary\n                                                      ..Appellant.\n\nVs.\n\nDharam Singh and others\n                                                      ..Respondents.\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN\n\n\nPresent:     Mr.S.K.Sharma, Advocate for the appellant-UOI.\n\n             None for the respondents.\n\nRAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>             For orders see separate detailed order passed in RFA No.1266<\/p>\n<p>of 1996 titled as Union of India through Secretary Vs. Piara Singh.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n\n                                           (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\n17.11.2008                                        Judge\nMeenu\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Union Of India Through Secretary vs Dharam Singh And Others on 17 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No.1293 of 1996 Date of Decision: 17.11.2008 Union of India through Secretary ..Appellant. Vs. Dharam Singh and others ..Respondents. 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