{"id":90509,"date":"2009-08-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-adarsh-kumar-vs-rakesh-singh-on-19-august-2009"},"modified":"2015-07-11T06:14:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T00:44:32","slug":"dr-adarsh-kumar-vs-rakesh-singh-on-19-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-adarsh-kumar-vs-rakesh-singh-on-19-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Adarsh Kumar vs Rakesh Singh on 19 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr.Adarsh Kumar vs Rakesh Singh on 19 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND\n                 HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.\n\n\n                                      C.O.C.P.No.686 of 2009\n                                      Date of Decision:-19.8.2009\n\nDr.Adarsh Kumar                                          ...Petitioner\n\n                                     Versus\n\nRakesh Singh, IAS                                       ...Respondent<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG<\/p>\n<p>Present:    Mr.Girish Agnihotri, Senior Advocate with<br \/>\n            MrVijay Pal, Advocate for the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>            Mr.M.C.Berry, Addl.AG Punjab.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rakesh Kumar Garg, J. (Oral):\n<\/p>\n<p>            In view of the reply filed by the respondents, learned<\/p>\n<p>counsel for the petitioner does not press this petition at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>            Rule discharged.\n<\/p>\n<p>            However, the petitioner shall be at liberty to revive the<\/p>\n<p>present contempt petition, if need be.<\/p>\n<pre>19.8.2009                                       (Rakesh Kumar Garg)\nAS                                                      Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Dr.Adarsh Kumar vs Rakesh Singh on 19 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 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