{"id":252638,"date":"2009-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sewa-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-19-january-2009"},"modified":"2017-08-22T19:18:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:48:57","slug":"sewa-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-19-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sewa-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-19-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sewa Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 19 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sewa Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 19 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh.\n\n\n              RFA No.3 of 1994\n              Decided on January 19,2009.\n\n\nSewa Singh                           --Appellant\n\n             vs.\n\nState of Punjab and others           -- Respondents<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">CORAM:       HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN<\/p>\n<p>Present:     Mr.Gurnam Singh,Advocate,for the appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">             Mr.N.S.Pawar,Addl.A.G.Punjab,for the respondents<\/p>\n<p>Rakesh Kumar Jain,J: (Oral)<\/p>\n<p>             For orders, see RFA No.844 of 1993 of even date.<\/p>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">\n\n\n\nJanuary 19,2009                                    (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\nRR                                                         Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Sewa Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 19 January, 2009 In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh. RFA No.3 of 1994 Decided on January 19,2009. Sewa Singh &#8211;Appellant vs. State of Punjab and others &#8212; Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.Gurnam Singh,Advocate,for the appellant. 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