Foreign Driving Licence Without International Permit Or Indian Authorisation Can't Be Used To Drive In India: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that merely holding a valid foreign driving licence does not authorise a person to drive in India, unless the licence meets the applicable statutory requirements and is accompanied by the requisite international driving permit or Indian authorisation.The Court made the observation while dismissing an appeal filed by a driver challenging a Motor...

'Easy Prey' Found In Orphan Man With Little Means To Defend Himself: P&H High Court Acquits Death-Row Convict In Minor's Rape-Murder Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted a man sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, after finding the prosecution's case on circumstantial evidence riddled with unexplained contradictions, a suspiciously delayed "last seen" witness, and serious doubts about the sanctity of the DNA sample chain of custody.The division bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj...

Current Duty Charge Service Can't Be Counted For Regular Service For promotion : Punjab & Haryana High Court

A Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Minderjeet Yadav held that service rendered on Current Duty Charge as stop-gap arrangement cannot be counted as completed service under statutory rules requiring eight years of substantive service in the cadre for promotion. Background Facts The respondent joined as a...

'Malady' Of Concealing Criminal Antecedents Must Be Detested: P&H High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail In NDPS Case, Imposes ₹50K Costs

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed an anticipatory bail application in an NDPS case with costs of ₹50,000 on the accused-petitioner who falsely claimed to be a first-time offender — and disclosed concealed antecedents only after being confronted by the prosecution.Justice Sumeet Goel said, "allowing a litigant who suppresses material facts to have his/her case evaluated...

Taking Custody Of Children By Deception Doesn't Attract Cheating, Criminal Breach Of Trust: P&H High Court Quashes FIR Against In-Laws

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR registered by a wife against her husband, mother-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law alleging that her two children were taken away on the pretext of a religious ceremony and subsequently taken to Italy, holding that the essential ingredients of cheating and criminal breach of trust cannot be made out merely because custody of children...

Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Punjab & Haryana High Court Amid Punjab Govt's Objection

Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra was sworn in as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court today.Pertinently, the Punjab Government cabinet on Sunday passed a resolution against the Central government decision for the appointment of Justice Mishra as the CJ, alleging that the decision was taken “without its consent.”The oath ceremony was not attended by Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann,...

Punjab Government Opposes Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra's Appointment As Chief Justice Of P&H High Court

The Punjab Government cabinet on Sunday passed a resolution against the Central government decision for the appointment of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging that decision was taken “without its consent.”The State Government demanded that Justice Mishra shouldn't be administered oath till its views are taken. The President...

Centre Notifies Appointments Of Chief Justices At Eight High Courts

The Central Government on Saturday (September 5) notified appointments of Chief Justices at eight High Courts. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments: "In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the President is pleased to appoint the following High Court Judges as...

PMLA | Abuse Of Fiduciary Structures Warrants Greater Circumspection: P&H High Court Denies Bail In ₹236 Cr Bank Fraud Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a regular bail application in a money-laundering case arising from an alleged ₹236 crore bank fraud, holding that economic offences involving calculated design, manipulation of records and misuse of corporate or fiduciary structures warrant a more circumspect approach than offences committed in a moment of passion or impulse.Justice Sumeet...

Nearly 50% Punjab Jail Inmates Drug-Dependent, 'Serious Challenge' Requiring Highest Priority: High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a suo motu PIL triggered by a district judiciary report on high rates of opioid substitution treatment among jail inmates, has substantially expanded the scope of the proceedings after Punjab's status report revealed that nearly half of all inmates lodged in its jails are drug-dependent. It directed that the Health Departments of Punjab, Haryana and the...

25 Criminal Cases Against Accused Can't Be Sole Reason To Deny Bail After Prolonged Custody: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to an accused in a car theft-related case registered under Sections 379/411 IPC, holding that an accused's involvement in numerous other criminal cases cannot, by itself, be the sole ground for denying bail.Justice Manisha Batra said, "His involvement in other cases cannot be considered to be sole reason for denying benefit of bail...

P&H High Court Quashes DSP's Dismissal Over Lawrence Bishnoi Jail Interview, Holds Alleged Non-Cooperation Can't Justify Dispensing With Enquiry

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the dismissal of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, who was removed from service by invoking the extraordinary power under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution in connection with the widely reported jail interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, holding that alleged non-cooperation and evasion of a charge-sheet, even if true cannot by itself...