{"id":241825,"date":"2008-12-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/satpal-singh-and-others-vs-state-of-haryana-and-others-on-23-december-2008"},"modified":"2016-05-15T18:25:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T12:55:58","slug":"satpal-singh-and-others-vs-state-of-haryana-and-others-on-23-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/satpal-singh-and-others-vs-state-of-haryana-and-others-on-23-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Satpal Singh And Others vs State Of Haryana And Others on 23 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Satpal Singh And Others vs State Of Haryana And Others on 23 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                   AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                               RFA No. 4738 of 2003.\n                               Decided on December 23, 2008.\n\nSatpal Singh and others                        ...Appellants\n\n                          Versus\n\nState of Haryana and others                    ...Respondents\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN\n\n\nPresent:-   Mr. R.N. Lohan, Advocate\n            for the appellants.\n\n            Mr. H.S. Hooda, Advocate General, Haryana assisted by\n            Ms. Ritu Bahri, DAG, Haryana, for the respondents.\n\n\nRAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            For orders, see RFA No.2936 of 2003 of even date.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\nDecember 23, 2008                        (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN)\nvj                                              JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Satpal Singh And Others vs State Of Haryana And Others on 23 December, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 4738 of 2003. Decided on December 23, 2008. Satpal Singh and others &#8230;Appellants Versus State of Haryana and others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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