{"id":78819,"date":"2008-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/harbhajan-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-30-october-2008"},"modified":"2016-10-28T01:25:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:55:29","slug":"harbhajan-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-30-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/harbhajan-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-30-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"Harbhajan Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 30 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Harbhajan Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 30 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                     CHANDIGARH.\n\n                                                  C.W.P. No. 16006 of 2008\n                                         DATE OF DECISION : 30.10.2008\n\nHarbhajan Singh\n                                                            .... PETITIONER\n\n                                   Versus\n\nState of Punjab and others\n\n                                                        ..... RESPONDENTS\n\nCORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH\n\n\nPresent:    Mr. Rahul Bhargava, Advocate,\n            for the petitioner.\n\n            Mr. M.S. Sindhu, Addl. A.G., Punjab,\n            for respondents No.1 to 3.\n\n            Mr. Malkeet Singh, Advocate, for\n            Mr. Onkar Singh, Advocate,\n            for respondent No.4.\n\n                   ***\n<\/pre>\n<p>SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral )<\/p>\n<p>            Counsel for the petitioner, on instructions from the petitioner,<\/p>\n<p>states that the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw this writ petition<\/p>\n<p>with liberty to avail his alternative remedy, in accordance with law.<\/p>\n<p>            Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n                                        ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL )\n                                                JUDGE\n\n\nOctober 30, 2008                            ( JASWANT SINGH )\nndj                                               JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Harbhajan Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 30 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16006 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 30.10.2008 Harbhajan Singh &#8230;. PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others &#8230;.. RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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