Punjab Civil Services Rules | Employee Dismissed From Service Not Entitled To Pension, Can Claim Compassionate Allowance: High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that an employee governed under Punjab Civil Services Rules, who is dismissed from service is not entitled to pension, however he can claim compassionate allowance.Two Police Constables who were dismissed from service after conviction in a criminal case, had argued that despite conviction, they cannot be deprived of their right...

Human Behaviour Can't Fall Under Copyright Law, Right To Privacy Only Covers 'Intrinsic Part Of Personality': Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court made it clear that the mere existence of certain facts constituting human conduct or chains of events signifying human behavior, as such, cannot be made a subject matter of copyright under the Copyright Act, 1957.The Court was hearing an appeal filed by T-series against an injunction order of a Trial Court restraining them from releasing a movie, 'Dear...

Farmers Protest | HC Directs Formation Of Medical Board For Opinion On Injuries Sustained By Farmer Allegedly Beaten, Detained By Haryana Police

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today, directed the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh (PGIMER) to constitute a Medical Board to give an opinion on how injuries could have been inflicted on a protesting farmer, who was allegedly detained and severely beaten by Haryana Police on February 21.While perusing the status report filed by PGI, Rohtak where...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs State To Probe Management Of Lands Assigned To Temple, Gurudwaras

Observing that there is no well-formed government machinery to streamline management of land assigned to religious communities for building temples or Gurudwaras, the Punjab & Haryana High Court directed the authorities of both states to constitute High Powered Committees to look into same.A division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra said that because of the lack...

[Illegal Liquor Transportation] Higher Officers Attempted To Save Police Official Who Was Guilty Of Serious Misconduct: P&H HC Summons Haryana SP

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today, said that higher police officers had made every attempt to save a police official allegedly involved in a case of transportation of huge amounts of illegal liquor from Punjab to Gujarat.Justice N.S. Shekhawat said, "Apparently, this Court has reasons to believe that every attempt has been made by the higher police officers to save a police official,...

P&H HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Probe Into Allegedly Tampered Report By Chandigarh Municipal Corp Over Clearing Garbage Mountain

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued notice on a plea seeking investigation on Chandigarh Municipal Corporation's allegedly tampered report submitted in a PIL filed for clearing garbage mountain in the City's Dadu Majra.A division bench of Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji issued notice and posted the matter to March 20.It has been alleged that the Detailed...

High Court Orders New Chandigarh Mayor To Take Charge Tomorrow, Orders Videography Of Deputy Mayor Elections

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today disposed of the plea challenging a meeting called by Chandigarh's Deputy Commissioner (DC) to conduct the election of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor allegedly in violation of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Mayor election case, after new notification calling for fresh election process was issued by the DC.While giving slew of directions, a...

Congress Councillors Move P&H HC Against Deputy Commissioner's Notification Calling Meeting For Sr Dy Mayor & Dy Mayor Polls In Violation Of SC Ruling

Two Indian National Congress councillors have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging a meeting called by the Chandigarh Deputy Commissioner to conduct the election of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor allegedly in violation of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Mayor election case.Gurpreet Singh and Nirmala Devi, have contended in the plea that fresh elections to the post of...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Disapproves Of State Authorities Often Raising "Frivolous Objections" To Pleas For Appointment Of Arbitrator

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently expressed dismay over State instrumentalities for strongly contesting applications for appointment of Arbitrator, often by raising frivolous objections.While overruling the objections raised by Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board in a plea for appointment of arbitrator, Justice Suvir Sehgal said,"... all the objections raised by the...

'He Was Injured': Haryana Police Denies Allegations Of Detaining Youth Farmer; High Court Pulls Up State For Failure To File His Medical Report

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today pulled up the Haryana government for not filing the medical report of a youth protestor, allegedly detained by the Police during the agitation led by farmers on February 21 in demand of MSP."Where is the opinion of the medical superintendent, I have specifically asked for the medical report...are they self inflicted injuries? In habeas corpus petition...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [19th February - 25th February, 2024]

Nominal IndexNarinder Kumar and another v. State of Punjab and others 2024 LiveLaw (PH) 51Sonia v. State of Haryana and others 2024 Live (PH) 52Naresh Kumar and another v. The Appellate Tribunal, Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2024 LiveLaw (PH) 53Neetu Sharma v. State of Punjab and others 2024 LiveLaw (PH) 54Balwinder Singh & another v. State of Punjab 2024...

'Outrageously Unfair': Punjab & Haryana HC Sets Aside Sentence Imposed On 75-Yr Old For Violating Probation Conditions, Imposes ₹50 Fine Instead

Observing that "the idea of just justice can only be realised through compassion," the Punjab & Haryana High Court said that it was "outrageously unfair" to send an elderly man, of 75 years age, to undergo three-year custody by sentencing him for the original offence for violating the probation conditions.Instead, the High Court applied Section 9 of the Probation of Offenders Act and...