High Court Issues Notice On GSPLs Plea For Lodging FIR Against Punjab Locals For Allegedly Halting National Gas Pipeline Project

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued notice on plea filed by Gujarat Government's undertaking, GSPL India Gasnet Limited seeking directions to Punjab Government to lodge FIR against locals allegedly stalling National Pipeline Project.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj has issued notice to Punjab Government, other authorities and listed the matter for May 02.In 2017, the Central Government...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Second Plea Challenging Karnal By-Poll Being Contested By CM Nayab Singh Saini

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today, dismissed a PIL challenging the notification issued by the Election Commission of India to hold a by-election for Haryana's Karnal constituency scheduled for May. The seat had fallen vacant on March 13 after former CM Manoharlal Khattar resigned.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji dismissed the plea of...

Punjab Woman Paraded Half-Naked By Son's In-Laws: High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance, Seeks Status Report

The Punjab & Haryana High Court, has taken suo moto cognizance of a shocking incident which went viral in a video shot in Punjab's Taran Taran wherein an elderly woman was seen paraded semi-naked on March 31, allegedly by in-laws of her son objecting to his marriage with their daughter.While taking suo moto cognizance of the incident, the administrative judge of Taran Taran Justice...

'Human Rights Issue': Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Govt To Ensure Foreigners In Prison Can Get In Touch With Their Families At Least Once A Month

Observing that "a large human rights issue arises," the Punjab & Haryana High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the issue of "no system" for foreign national prisoners to get in touch with their family members.Acting Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji said, "We are of the considered opinion that a larger human rights issue arises which needs to be addressed by...

NDPS Act | Extension Of Time For Investigation Can Only Be Granted Upon Receiving Public Prosecutor's Report: P&H HC Grants Bail Over Incomplete Probe

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the order granting an extension of time for investigating a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act, on the ground that the application seeking extension was not supported by the Public Prosecutor's report.According to Section 36A (4) of the NDPS Act, in an offence involving commercial quantity, if it is...

Fit Case For Exemplary Cost: P&H HC Hauls Up Man Who Filed FIR Against Director Of Jaguar Three Months After Receiving Car With Alleged Defects

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has taken a stern stand on apparent case of "misuse and abuse of the powers by the authorities" at the behest of the complainant who filed an FIR for allegedly receiving a defective Jaguar car against a director of Jaguar Land Rover India Limited (JLRIL).A complaint was lodged against the director of Jaguar Land Rover Company relating to defects with regard...

Proclamation | Person Not 'Absconding' When He Went To Distant Place Before Warrant Was Issued: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that a person cannot said to have absconded or evaded arrest if he has gone to distant place before the warrant of arrest.Section 82 of CrPC states, "if any Court has reason to believe (whether after taking evidence or not) that any person against whom a warrant has been issued by it has absconded or is concealing himself so that such warrant cannot...

Farmers Protest | Why Was Zero FIR Registered When Injured Protestor Alleged He Was Picked Up From Punjab By Haryana Police? HC Asks Punjab Govt

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has asked the Punjab Government to apprise the Court why Zero FIR was registered on the incident when the injured protestor specifically alleged that he was picked up from the territory of Punjab and taken to the territory of Haryana, where he was beaten up mercilessly by the Haryana Police.Protestor Pritpal Singh's father had moved a habeas corpus...

Overcrowding Of Courtrooms By Police: P&H HC Calls For State's Response On Plea Seeking Directions To Control Number Of Police Officials Visiting Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today asked the Punjab Government to file an affidavit on the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking directions for the state to take steps to control the number of Punjab Police Officials visiting the Court everyday to attend proceedings.Acting Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji taking note of the plea, issued notice to...

Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Centre, State's Response On Plea To Declare Feeding Spots, Form Welfare Board For Stray Animals At RWA Level

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought a response from the Union and State Government on a plea seeking directions to declare the necessary feeding spots in the residential areas for stray animals and to constitute Animal Welfare Boards at the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) level in Haryana.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj issued notice to the Union Government, Animal Welfare Board of...

No Provision Under RTI Act To File Complaint Against Applicant Who Sought Information: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR lodged for cheating and forgery against an applicant seeking information under the Right To Information (RTI) Act, observing there is no provision under the RTI Act or Rules to file a complaint against an applicant, who sought information. The Court also found there was no evidence to prove the ingredients of the offence.An FIR for...

Punjab & Haryana HC Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On State For Not Paying Compensation To Deceased Employee's Kin For Two Decades, Filing Frivolous Plea To Avoid Award

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.1 lakh on the Punjab Government for not paying the compensation to a driver awarded in 1998 under the Workmen's Compensation Act and filing a petition to avoid depositing the compensation amount.While imposing the cost, Justice Sanjay Vashisht observed that the State and its authorities filed the petition on the basis of...