{"id":68669,"date":"2009-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sheetal-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-4-december-2009"},"modified":"2018-01-08T21:55:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:25:55","slug":"sheetal-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-4-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sheetal-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-4-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sheetal Kaur vs State Of Punjab And Another on 4 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sheetal Kaur vs State Of Punjab And Another on 4 December, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>     IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                       CHANDIGARH\n\n                                Civil Writ Petition No.11959 of 2009\n                                Date of decision:04.12.2009\n\n\n\nSheetal Kaur                                                ..Petitioner\n                               versus\n\n\nState of Punjab and another                               ...Respondents\n\n\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN\n                               ----\n\nPresent:     Mr. Nakul Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.\n\n             Ms. Monica Chhibbar Sharma, Deputy Advocate General,\n             Punjab.\n                            ----\n\n1.     Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the\n       judgment ?\n2.     To be referred to the reporters or not ?\n3.     Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ?\n                                 ----\n\nK.Kannan, J. (Oral)\n<\/pre>\n<p>             For detailed orders see, Civil Writ Petition No.12029 of<\/p>\n<p>2009 of even date.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                        (K.KANNAN)<br \/>\n                                                           JUDGE<br \/>\n04.12.2009<br \/>\nsanjeev\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Sheetal Kaur vs State Of Punjab And Another on 4 December, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11959 of 2009 Date of decision:04.12.2009 Sheetal Kaur ..Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another &#8230;Respondents CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE K. 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