{"id":246591,"date":"2008-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/buta-singh-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-29-september-2008"},"modified":"2015-04-04T08:01:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T02:31:08","slug":"buta-singh-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-29-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/buta-singh-vs-the-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-29-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Buta Singh vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 29 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Buta Singh vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 29 September, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                     CHANDIGARH.\n\n                                                   C.W.P. No. 14915 of 2007\n                                          DATE OF DECISION : 29.09.2008\n\nButa Singh\n                                                             ... PETITIONER\n\n                                   Versus\n\nThe State of Punjab and another\n\n                                                         ..... RESPONDENTS\n\nCORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL\n             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH\n\n\nPresent:     Mr. Kulwinder Singh, Advocate, for\n             Mr. B.S. Sidhu, Advocate,\n             for the petitioner.\n\n             Mr. N.D.S. Mann, Addl. A.G., Punjab,\n             for the respondents.\n\n                         ***\n<\/pre>\n<p>SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral )<\/p>\n<p>             Counsel for the petitioner states that in view of the fresh<\/p>\n<p>elections of Gram Panchayat, Village Chotian, Tehsil and District Muktsar,<\/p>\n<p>this writ petition, which has been filed against the order of suspension of the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner from the office of Sarpanch, has become infructuous.<\/p>\n<p>             Dismissed as infructuous.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n                                         ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL )\n                                                 JUDGE\n\n\nSeptember 29, 2008                          ( JASWANT SINGH )\nndj                                               JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Buta Singh vs The State Of Punjab And Another on 29 September, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 14915 of 2007 DATE OF DECISION : 29.09.2008 Buta Singh &#8230; PETITIONER Versus The State of Punjab and another &#8230;.. 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