{"id":53663,"date":"2009-11-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-punjab-vs-avtar-singh-const-co-and-others-on-3-november-2009"},"modified":"2017-09-01T03:41:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:11:40","slug":"the-state-of-punjab-vs-avtar-singh-const-co-and-others-on-3-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-punjab-vs-avtar-singh-const-co-and-others-on-3-november-2009","title":{"rendered":"The State Of Punjab vs Avtar Singh Const. Co. And Others on 3 November, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The State Of Punjab vs Avtar Singh Const. Co. And Others on 3 November, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>             IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                        AT CHANDIGARH.\n\n                                             F.A.O No.378 of 1992\n                                             Date of Decision: 03.11.2009\n\n\nThe State of Punjab\n\n                                                      ....Appellant\n\n             Versus\n\n\nAvtar Singh Const. Co. and others\n\n                                                     ...Respondents\n\nCORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur\n\nPresent:-    Mr. Navdeep Sukhna, A.A.G., Punjab\n             for the appellant-State.\n\n                          *****\n\n          1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be\n             allowed to see the judgment ?\n          2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ?\n          3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the\n             Digest ?\n          **\nNIRMALJIT KAUR, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>              This is an appeal against the Order dated 09-10-1991 passed<\/p>\n<p>by the Senior Sub Judge, Patiala. In view of the amendment by Punjab Act<\/p>\n<p>No.29 of 2006 of Section 39 of Punjab Courts Act, 1918, vide notification<\/p>\n<p>dated 18-10-2006, vide which, the appeal from Civil Judge (Senior<\/p>\n<p>Division) and Civil Judge (Junior Division) shall lie to the District Judge,<\/p>\n<p>irrespective of the value of the original suit, the present appeal is remanded<\/p>\n<p>back to the Court of District Judge, Patiala, the Court of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n             Disposed off accordingly\n\n\n                                                      (NIRMALJIT KAUR)\n03.11.2009                                                 JUDGE\ngurpreet\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court The State Of Punjab vs Avtar Singh Const. Co. And Others on 3 November, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. F.A.O No.378 of 1992 Date of Decision: 03.11.2009 The State of Punjab &#8230;.Appellant Versus Avtar Singh Const. 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