{"id":205129,"date":"2008-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-roshni-devi-vs-state-of-haryana-and-others-on-20-october-2008"},"modified":"2016-12-28T04:34:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T23:04:23","slug":"smt-roshni-devi-vs-state-of-haryana-and-others-on-20-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-roshni-devi-vs-state-of-haryana-and-others-on-20-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"Smt. Roshni Devi vs State Of Haryana And Others on 20 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Smt. Roshni Devi vs State Of Haryana And Others on 20 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>            IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                          AT CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                         C.W.P. No.18094 of 2008\n\n                         DATE OF DECISION: OCTOBER 20, 2008\n\n\nSmt. Roshni Devi\n\n                                                        .....PETITIONER\n                                Versus\n\nState of Haryana and others\n                                                       ....RESPONDENTS\n\n\nCORAM:      HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH\n                          ---\n\n\nPresent:    Mr. Harkesh Manuja, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n                   ..\n\nSATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral)\n<\/pre>\n<p>            After arguing for some time, counsel for the petitioner, on<\/p>\n<p>instructions from the petitioner, states that the petitioner wants to withdraw<\/p>\n<p>this petition with liberty to reply to the show-cause notice (Annexure P-11)<\/p>\n<p>and explain her position in accordance with law.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n                                      (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL)\n                                               JUDGE\n\n\n\nOctober 20, 2008                         ( JASWANT SINGH )\nvkg                                            JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Smt. Roshni Devi vs State Of Haryana And Others on 20 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.18094 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: OCTOBER 20, 2008 Smt. 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