{"id":207098,"date":"2011-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dharam-pal-vs-union-of-india-others-on-21-september-2011"},"modified":"2016-04-16T15:20:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T09:50:35","slug":"dharam-pal-vs-union-of-india-others-on-21-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dharam-pal-vs-union-of-india-others-on-21-september-2011","title":{"rendered":"Dharam Pal vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 21 September, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dharam Pal vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 21 September, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                    CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                         Civil Writ Petition No.17728 of 2011\n                         Date of Decision: September 21, 2011\n\nDharam Pal\n                                                         ...Petitioner\n\n                                 Versus\n\nUnion of India &amp; others\n                                                         ...Respondents\n\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH\n\n1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?\n2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?\n\n\nPresent:    Mr.Sanjeev Kumar Bawa, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n\n                         *****\n\nRANJIT SINGH, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            The cause of action for the petitioner against his<br \/>\ndismissal arose outside the territorial jurisdiction of this Court.<br \/>\nAccordingly, this court would not have territorial jurisdiction to<br \/>\nentertain the writ petition. The petitioner may approach the court of<br \/>\ncompetent jurisdiction to challenge the same order.\n<\/p>\n<p>            This writ petition is dismissed with liberty to file a petition<br \/>\nbefore the court having jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n<pre>September 21, 2011                                ( RANJIT SINGH )\nramesh                                                 JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Dharam Pal vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 21 September, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17728 of 2011 Date of Decision: September 21, 2011 Dharam Pal &#8230;Petitioner Versus Union of India &amp; others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. 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