{"id":38166,"date":"2008-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-punjab-vs-smt-kaushalya-devi-and-others-on-15-october-2008"},"modified":"2017-03-19T05:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T23:45:48","slug":"the-state-of-punjab-vs-smt-kaushalya-devi-and-others-on-15-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-punjab-vs-smt-kaushalya-devi-and-others-on-15-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"The State Of Punjab vs Smt.Kaushalya Devi And Others on 15 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The State Of Punjab vs Smt.Kaushalya Devi And Others on 15 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh.\n\n\n\n            RFA No. 1489 of 1988\n            Decided on October 15,2008.\n\n\n\nThe State of Punjab\n                                          --- Appellant\n            vs.\n\nSmt.Kaushalya Devi and others\n                                          ---Respondents<\/pre>\n<p>Present:    Mr.N.S.Pawar, Addl.Advocate General, Punjab,<br \/>\n            for the appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p>            None for the respondents.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rakesh Kumar Jain,J: (Oral)<\/p>\n<p>            For orders, see RFA No.1488 of 1988 of even date.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n\nOctober 15,2008                                    (Rakesh Kumar Jain)\nRR                                                         Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court The State Of Punjab vs Smt.Kaushalya Devi And Others on 15 October, 2008 In the Punjab and Haryana High Court,at Chandigarh. RFA No. 1489 of 1988 Decided on October 15,2008. The State of Punjab &#8212; Appellant vs. Smt.Kaushalya Devi and others &#8212;Respondents Present: Mr.N.S.Pawar, Addl.Advocate General, Punjab, for the appellant. 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