{"id":246419,"date":"2009-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shanti-devi-and-others-vs-the-union-of-india-on-21-october-2009"},"modified":"2017-01-20T04:28:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T22:58:15","slug":"shanti-devi-and-others-vs-the-union-of-india-on-21-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shanti-devi-and-others-vs-the-union-of-india-on-21-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Shanti Devi And Others vs The Union Of India on 21 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Shanti Devi And Others vs The Union Of India on 21 October, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>    IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                   CHANDIGARH\n\n                              RFA No. 2208 of 1990\n                              Date of decision: 21.10.2009\n\nShanti Devi and others\n                                                             ....Appellants\n\n\n                     Versus\n\nThe Union of India\n                                                         ....Respondent\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD K. SHARMA\n\nPresent: - Mr. H.S. Gill, Sr. Advocate,\n           with Mr. Vivek Goyal, Advocate,\n           for the appellants.\n\n                     *****\n<\/pre>\n<p>VINOD K. SHARMA, J (ORAL)<\/p>\n<p>         Dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>         For detailed reasons, see order of even date passed in RFA<\/p>\n<p>No. 2207 of 1990 titled Ram Murti and others Vs. The Union of India.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                   (Vinod K. Sharma)<br \/>\n                                                         Judge<br \/>\nOctober 21, 2009<br \/>\nR.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Shanti Devi And Others vs The Union Of India on 21 October, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH RFA No. 2208 of 1990 Date of decision: 21.10.2009 Shanti Devi and others &#8230;.Appellants Versus The Union of India &#8230;.Respondent CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD K. 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