{"id":226748,"date":"2011-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/paul-kisku-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-17-october-2011"},"modified":"2016-02-26T01:36:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:06:01","slug":"paul-kisku-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-17-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/paul-kisku-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-17-october-2011","title":{"rendered":"Paul Kisku vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 17 October, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Jharkhand High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Paul Kisku vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 17 October, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI\n                               W.P. (C) No. 1063 of 2011.\n\n                  Paul Kisku ...    ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   Petitioner\n\n                                                Versus\n\n                  The State of Jharkhand and others ...     ...   ...   Respondents.\n\n                                       ---\n                  CORAM:      HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE POONAM SRIVASTAV\n                                       ---\n\n                  For the Petitioner            : Mr. Kanti Kumar Ojha, Advocate.\n                  For the State of Jharkhand    : Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Dubey, S.C. II.\n                                          ---\n\n04. 17.10.2011<\/pre>\n<p>.         Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has<br \/>\n                  challenged the Panchayat Election of Village Saharkoal within district of<br \/>\n                  Pakur.\n<\/p>\n<p>                        Since the petitioner has got an alternative remedy by way of filing<br \/>\n                  election petition, I find no merit in this writ petition and it is,<br \/>\n                  accordingly, is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                      (Poonam Srivastav, J)<\/p>\n<p>  AKS.Cp.2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jharkhand High Court Paul Kisku vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 17 October, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (C) No. 1063 of 2011. Paul Kisku &#8230; &#8230; &#8230; &#8230; &#8230; &#8230; &#8230; Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand and others &#8230; &#8230; &#8230; Respondents. &#8212; CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MRS. 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