{"id":26425,"date":"2009-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sanjay-gupta-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-8-january-2009"},"modified":"2015-08-31T16:15:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T10:45:06","slug":"sanjay-gupta-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-8-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sanjay-gupta-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-8-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sanjay Gupta vs State Of Punjab And Others on 8 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sanjay Gupta vs State Of Punjab And Others on 8 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>     IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                             CHANDIGARH\n                     C.W.P. No. 18984 of 2007\n               DATE OF DECISION: January 8, 2009\nSanjay Gupta\n                                                        ...Petitioner\n                               Versus\nState of Punjab and others\n                                                     ...Respondents\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH\nPresent:    Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n\n            Mr. Suvir Sehgal, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab,\n            for respondent No. 1.\n\n            Mr. S.K. Sharma, Advocate,\n            for respondent No. 2.\n\n            Brig. B.S. Taunque (Retd.), Advocate,\n            for respondent No. 3.\n\n1.    Whether Reporters of local papers may be\n      allowed to see the judgment?\n2.    To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3.    Whether the judgment should be reported in\n      the Digest?\n\n\nM.M. KUMAR, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            For orders see Civil Writ Petition No. 19587 of 2006.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                            (M.M. KUMAR)<br \/>\n                                               JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                            (JORA SINGH)<br \/>\nJanuary 8, 2009                                JUDGE<br \/>\nPkapoor\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Sanjay Gupta vs State Of Punjab And Others on 8 January, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 18984 of 2007 DATE OF DECISION: January 8, 2009 Sanjay Gupta &#8230;Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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