"Paramount To Protect Drug Detection Squad", Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs NDPS Accused To Surrender All Weapons As Pre-Condition To Bail

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed an accused person under NDPS Act to surrender all his weapons as a pre-bail condition to bail, observing that given the background of allegations against him, it becomes "paramount to protect the drug detection squad, their family members, as well as the members of society."Justice Anoop Chitkara said, incapacitating the accused would be one of...

High Court Directs Defence Ministry To State How Mining Can Take Place Legally At Border Areas Of Punjab

Raising concern over illegal mining, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Ministry of Defence to state how legal mining can take place at border areas of Punjab. While noting that illegal mining has been taking place since 10 years, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Nidhi Gupta directed the Ministry of Defence to consider the aspect of security...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Expresses Concern Over Covid-Norms Violation Cases "Clogging" Criminal Courts

Raising concern over huge pendency of cases, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed both the states and U.T. Chandigarh to file status report indicating the number of cases pending, which were registered during COVID-19 like under Section 188 of the IPC read with the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management, 2005.A division bench of Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and...

Fundamental Right To Fair Trial Affected Due To Prolonged Non-Production Of Accused Before Trial Court: High Court Asks Punjab ADGP To Take Steps

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has taken serious note of the issue of non-production of undertrial prisoners before the Trial Court observing that the fundamental right of under-trial prisoner to have fair trial have been infringed. In a bail application pertaining to the NDPS Act, the Court found that the petitioner was not produced before the trial Court concerned on a number of...

"Incident Shocked Conscience Of Entire Nation," Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Bail To Amritpal's Alleged Aide In Police Station Attack Case

Observing that "incident has shocked the conscience of the entire nation," the Punjab & Haryana High Court has rejected the bail pleas of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh's "companions" in Police Station attack case. A mob of around 200-250 persons headed by Amritpal, armed with deadly weapons, had attacked upon the Police Station Ajnala, in order to get released one of their...

Ad Valorem Court Fee Not Required In Marital Property, Maintenace Disputes Before Family Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that petitioners are not required to pay ad valorem court fees in Family Court in disputes related to marital property and charges to ensure payment of maintenance.Justice Gurbir Singh observed that proceedings for maintenance before the Family Court were summary in nature and hence ad valorem court fees were not applicable in such...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 3 Additional Judges Of Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Central Government has notified the appointment of three additional judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court.They are as follows:(i) Senior Advocate Sumeet Goel, (ii) Advocate Sudeepti Sharma and (iii) Advocate Kirti SinghThe Notification stated that they are appointed as "Additional Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for a period of two years, in that order of seniority,...

After Facing High Court’s Wrath, Punjab Govt Directs Police Witnesses To Not Seek More Than One Adjournment In NDPS Trials

The Punjab Government on Wednesday informed the High Court that it has issued directions to the police officers to not seek more than one adjournment from the trial court for appearing as a witness in NDPS cases.It is also submitted that the DSP of the area concerned shall be personally responsible for ensuring the presence of witnesses who have been summoned through bailable or...

Referring Court As "His" Is Borderline Contempt, Punjab & Haryana HC Advises Fresh Lawyer To Exercise Restraint In Drafting, Addressing Arguments

Calling it borderline "contemptuous", the Punjab & Haryana High Court expressed reservation on the pleadings of a lawyer who referred to an Appellate Court as "his" and contended that his application was rejected on "irrelevant ground."While hearing a revision plea against the order which allowed condonation of delay of 12 days, the Court criticised the manner of drafting and addressing...

PMLA | SC Judgment In 'Pankaj Bansal' On Informing Grounds Of Arrest In Writing Applies Retrospectively: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday set aside the arrest of real estate group M3M Director, Roop Bansal in money laundering case observing that there was non compliance of the provisions of Section 19 of the PMLA in view of Supreme Court's recent landmark judgement on checking the powers of ED in Pankaj Bansal case.The Supreme Court, while setting aside the arrest of other Directors...

Punjab & Haryana Weekly Round-Up: October 23 - October 29, 2023

Nominal Index [ Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 208- 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 216] X v. State of Haryana & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 208 Sukhpreet Kaur v. State of Punjab 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 209Kapil v. State of Haryana and others 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 210Parveen Kumar v. State of Haryana 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 211 Kuldeep Singh v. State of Punjab and another 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 212The Mahabir Education...

Constable Misbehaves With Couple Travelling At Night, Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Punishment Of Stopping Fifteen Annual Increments

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the disciplinary punishment of stopping fifteen annual increments given to a constable for harassing and taking illegal gratification of Rs.300 from a a couple, during patrolling duty at night.A Division bench of Justice Deepak Sibal and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur said, "It has...been rightly observed by the Tribunal (Central Administrative...