Punjab and Haryana High Court
3 Yrs In Custody But Only 7 Witnesses Examined: Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Bail, Says S.37 NDPS Act Can Be Relaxed To Preserve Right To Speedy Trial
Observing that the 'right to a speedy trial' had been violated, the Punjab & Haryana High Court granted bail to a man who had been in custody for over 3 years, accused of being in possession of contraband in a commercial quantity.Justice N.S. Shekhawat said since right to speedy trial of the accused has been violated the condition prescribed under Section 37, can be dispensed with."It is...
Punjab Civil Judge Exam: High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Re-Checking Of Answer Sheets Before Viva Voce
Observing that "impartiality and sanctity of selection process" have to be maintained, the Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissed a plea seeking re-checking of answer sheets of Punjab Civil Judge mains examination before conducting viva voce.The division bench of Justices Lisa Gill and Rita Tagore said,"Answer sheets are kept and maintained in sealed iron trunks and in case, re-checking is...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Introduces Hybrid Mode Of Hearing For Five Benches From Today
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has introduced hybrid mode of hearing for five benches from today. In the cause list, VC links for hybrid hearing have been provided for Court room numbers 5, 69, 54, 22 and 19.There will be a dedicated email id for receiving request of hearing cases through Video Conferencing in all the Courts, states the note attached with the cause list.The decision...
Trial Courts Can't Impose Life Sentence 'For Full Life', Pre-Mature Release During Pendency Of Convict's Appeal Not Barred: Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that trial courts cannot impose life sentence on a convict with a rider that the sentence will extend to 'full life' or 'till the natural death' of the convict. Justice Deepak Gupta clarified that such a rider can only be imposed by the High Court or the Supreme Court."...there remains no doubt that order of the trial Court in sentencing...
Sale Of Medical Termination Of Pregnancy Kit Alone Not An Offence Under MTP Act: Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated that the sale of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) kit alone does not constitute an offence punishable under the MTP Act.Justice Pankaj Jain relied on the precedent in Dr. Vandana Malik v. State of Haryana and quashed the FIR and subsequent proceedings against the petitioner as the allegations did not establish a case against the...
High Court Restrains Haryana Govt From Holding Computer PGT Appointment Test Citing Disparity With Eligibility Criteria Prescribed By NCTE
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has temporarily restrained Haryana from holding the subject knowledge Test for appointment to the post of Post Graduate Teacher (Computer Science).The division bench of Justice Deepak Sibal and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur noted that the State had itself written to the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) seeking relaxation in the minimum...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Guidelines To Check Unnecessary Arrests; Non-Compliance Will Lead To Departmental Enquiry, Contempt Action
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued guidelines in compliance with the Supreme Court directions in Md. Asfak Alam v. State of Jharkhand & Anr. to ensure that police officers do not make unnecessary arrests and that Magistrates do not casually or mechanically authorize detentions.“The following guidelines are framed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh to...
High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Punjab's Former Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, Ex-DGP & Others In Kotkapura Firing Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted anticipatory bail to SAD chief and former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal accused of conspiring "unprovoked firing" upon peaceful protestors at Katkapura and Behbal Kalan in 2015. The incident followed multiple sacrilege episodes in certain areas of Punjab.Justice Anoop Chitkara also granted relief to former DGP Sumedh...
NDPS Act | Twin Conditions For Bail U/S 37 Cannot Be Satisfied When There Are Multiple FIRs Against Accused: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that when there are multiple FIRs against an accused then twin conditions as envisaged under Section 37 of the NDPS Act - one being that accused is not guilty and he is not likely to commit an offence while on bail - cannot be satisfied.Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi said,"When there are multiple FIRs against an accused over a significant...
Man Occupies Deceased Father's Govt Accommodation For 17 Yrs Based On Punjab & Haryana HC's Interim Order, Asked To Pay 5 Lakh Compensation
In a peculiar case where a deceased government employee's son continued to occupy his father's government accommodation for a period of 17 years on the strength of an interim order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court back in 2006, the son has now been asked to compensate the State government in lieu of penal rent.The son was though appointed as a clerk on compassionate basis and...
Brunt Of Married Man's "Illicit Relationship" With Another Woman Falls On His Wife, Children: Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes Cost
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently expressed reservations over a married man living with a divorced woman, stating that the brunt of their "illicit relationship" had befallen on the man's wife and children.It dismissed the couple's protection plea against the man's wife stating that it's a mere "cover up" and directed them to pay cost of Rs. 25,000 to the wife.The couple alleged that...
Girl Being Minor Not Reason To Deny Protection: High Court Directs Chandigarh SSP To Consider Live-In Couple's Plea
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted relief to a live-in couple, the girl being a minor, seeking protection from alleged threats of the girl's family. Court said it wouldn't comment upon the legality of the relationship but,"Mere fact that the petitioners are not of marriageable age or that petitioner No.2 is still a minor, would not deprive the petitioners of their fundamental...