Punjab and Haryana High Court
Plea for Quashing FIR Remains Maintainable Despite Substantial Examination Of Prosecution Witnesses: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that when material prosecution witnesses have been examined, the plea for quashing under Section 482 CrPC will still be maintainable before the High Court.Justice Sumeet Goel said, "It cannot be said; as a matter of absolute principle; that once substantial/important prosecution witness(s) have been examined, the High Court looses its...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Bail To Man Convicted Under NDPS Act And Involved In 26 Other Cases To Marry His Fiance
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted interim-bail to a man convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years under NDPS Act, so as to enable him to marry.Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and Justice Kirti Singh noted that, "The applicant has been convicted in the...case and he is stated to have undergone an actual sentence of 04 years. His marriage is to take place...
State Has Right To Refrain From Preparing Waiting List While Completing Selection Process: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that it is the absolute discretion of the State to prepare a waiting list in a selection process and the Court cannot ask to prepare the same.Justice Jagmohan Bansal said, "Court cannot ask to prepare waiting list. In the absence of waiting list, court cannot ask the State to fill up vacancy in case any selected candidate does not join. It is a...
Forest Fire In Morni Hills | Punjab & Haryana High Court Asks Govt To Submit Details Of Steps Initiated To Control Fire
The Punjab & Haryana High Court today has asked Haryana Government to submit about the status of the active forest fire in Panchkula's Morni Hills and what steps are being taken to control it.A vacation bench of Justice Archana Puri and Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan while issuing notice to Haryana Government, Secretary to Department of Environment, Deputy Commissioner, Principal...
'Rules Can't Be Based On Political Agenda': High Court On Haryana Govt's Socio-Economic Criteria For Extra Marks In Govt Jobs Recruitment
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the rule introduced in 2022 by the Haryana Government for recruitment of Group C and Group D posts which provided for additional five percent marks under socioeconomic criteria to the domicile of the state, observing that, "rules are required to be framed after actual data" and "cannot be based on the political agendas."Justice Sanjeev...
Court Hearings Frequently Disturbed By Unruly Crowds: Punjab & Haryana High Court Transfers Behbal Kalan Firing Case From Faridkot To Chandigarh
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the transfer of the trial in the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case from Faridkot to Chandigarh. The case was registered in Punjab's Faridkot district in 2015, a week after two protesters were killed in alleged police firing at Behbal Kalan while protesting against the alleged sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib by Dera Sacha Sauda Sirsa...
'Why Does Telecom Ministry Permit Multiple Prepaid SIMs In One Name?': Punjab & Haryana HC Suggests Govt To Restrict Issuing Multiple Prepaid SIMs To Curb Cyber Crime
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has flagged absence of Governmental measures restricting individuals to a single pre-paid SIM card, observing that cyber criminals are regularly misusing multiple SIM cards "to perpetuate their nefarious deeds."Justice Anoop Chitkara said, "Why does the Ministry of Telecommunication permit individuals, firms, or companies to acquire multiple prepaid SIM...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Declares Govt's 'Socio-Economic Criteria' For Giving Extra Marks In Govt Jobs Recruitment Unconstitutional
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has declared "unconstitutional", the socio-economic criteria introduced by the Haryana government for granting additional marks in state government jobs.Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sudeepti Sharma set aside the criteria, stating that it is violative of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India.The Court was hearing a batch of...
'Witnesses Cannot Be Expected To Present Parrot-Like Version Before Trial Court': Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Conviction In Murder Case
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the conviction in a murder case observing that the witnesses cannot be expected to present parrot-like version to the Trial Court.The Court rejected the "various inconsistencies appearing in the testimonies" of witnesses contended by the accused.Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill and Justice N.S. Shekhawat said, "When the witnesses were deposing after...
Failure To Fulfil Promise To Marry Doesn't Automatically Attract Offence Of Rape, 'Intention To Deceive' Must: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted a man accused of committing rape on pretext of false promise to marry the alleged victim, observing that the failure on the part of the accused to fulfill his promise "cannot be construed to mean that the promise itself was false."Justice Harpreet Singh Brar noted that, "there is no allegation in the testimony or the statement of the victim...
No Bar To Grant Anticipatory Bail To Child In Conflict With Law: Punjab & Haryana High Court Follows 'Broader View' Amidst Conflicting Opinions
Taking a "broader view", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that there is no bar under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) to grant bail to Child In Conflict with Law (CICL).Acting Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji said, "Once a protection is granted to adults as such under Section 438 Cr.P.C. on the ground of apprehension...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Stays Order Directing Journalist Rahul Pandita To Pay Rs 50 Lakh Compensation For Writing Allegedly Defamatory Article
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed a stay on the execution of a decree till the next hearing, wherein a Mohali Court had directed journalist Rahul Pandita to give Rs. 50 lakh in compensation to a CRPF officer, for allegedly writing a defamatory article in The Hindu in 2014 against him.Pandita had allegedly written an article with respect to an encounter between CPI Maoists and...