{"id":257883,"date":"2008-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-s-chopra-and-another-vs-union-of-india-others-on-31-october-2008"},"modified":"2018-03-09T07:06:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:36:31","slug":"k-s-chopra-and-another-vs-union-of-india-others-on-31-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-s-chopra-and-another-vs-union-of-india-others-on-31-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"K.S. Chopra And Another vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 31 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.S. Chopra And Another vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 31 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">      IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB &amp;\n                HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.\n\n                                      CWP No.5272 of 2008\n                                      Date of decision: 31.10.2008\n\nK.S. Chopra and another                              ...Petitioners\n\n                          Versus\n\nUnion of India &amp; others                             ...Respondents\n\n\nCORAM:      HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA\n\nPresent:    Mr. Sudershan Goel, Advocate, for the petitioners.\n            Mr. Anupam Gupta, Advocate, for Panjab University.\n            Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab for State of Punjab.\n            Mr. Gurpreet Singh and\n            Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Advocates, for Union of India.\n\n\nRajan Gupta, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">            For the detailed reasons mentioned in our judgment of even<\/p>\n<p>date in CWP No.8025 of 2007 titled &#8220;Dr. A.C. Julka &amp; others Vs. Panjab<\/p>\n<p>University and others, this writ petition stands dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">                                                (RAJAN GUPTA)<br \/>\n                                                     JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                         (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA)<br \/>\n                                                  JUDGE<br \/>\nOctober 31, 2008<br \/>\n&#8216;rajpal&#8217;\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court K.S. Chopra And Another vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 31 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.5272 of 2008 Date of decision: 31.10.2008 K.S. Chopra and another &#8230;Petitioners Versus Union of India &amp; others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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