Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs CBI Probe In Land Grabbing Case Involving Civil Judge

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed CBI investigation in a Rs. 100 crore land grabbing case involving a Civil Judge Navreet Kaur, who is accused of colluding with the accused persons.The plea was filed by a trust seeking CBI probe in the matter in which the judge was stated to have given favourable orders to the accused. It was alleged that in an unrelated case, the judge...

Being Below Marriageable Age Would Not Deprive Live-In Couple From Fundamental Right To Protection: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that being below marriageable age would not deprive the live-in couple from fundamental right to protection, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.Justice Arun Monga said, "It is the bounden duty of the State, as per the Constitutional obligations casted upon it, to protect the life and liberty of every citizen. Right to human...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail To 'Mole' Constable Accused Of Demanding Bribe To Fizzle Down Investigation In NDPS Case

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a constable who was accused of demanding Rs. 10 lacs to fizzle down the investigation in a case involving 280 grams of heroin i.e. commercial quantity recovered from an accused in NDPS Act.Justice Anoop Chitkara said,"it is apparent that the petitioner was aware that Gopal Singh (accused in NDPS) had made illegal...

Lay Guidelines On Filling Up Seats In Private Nursing Institutions That Remain Vacant After Rounds Of Counselling: High Court To Haryana Govt

Observing that Haryana government has "not bothered to notify any such procedure till today", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the State to lay down specific guidelines on filing up of seats that remain vacant after prescribed rounds of counselling in Private aided and unaided Nursing Institutions.A Division bench of Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Manisha Batra said, "the State...

Cheque Dishonour | Availing One's Legal Remedy Not Abetment To Suicide In Absence Of Specific Allegation Of Harassment: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that availing ones' legal remedy would not amount to the offence of abetment to suicide in absence of any specific allegation of harassment or instigation.The deceased was convicted in a cheque bounce case filed by the petitioners and others under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act, however in a suicide note he alleged that he...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea To Preserve Police Officer's Call Records, Says Can't Breach His Privacy For Creating Evidence

The Punjab & Haryana High Court recently dismissed a plea to preserve the call records of a police officer who arrested the petitioner in the NDPS Act observing that for the possibility of creating evidence in favour of the accused, it cannot go to the extent of breaching privacy of a police officer.Justice Rajbir Sehrawat added that just to give credence to the petitioner's assumption,...

Mere Likelihood Of Absconding While On Parole Not Sufficient Ground To Decline Temporary Release: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court recently granted parole to a man convicted for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment observing that likelihood of absconding of the prisoner is not a sufficient ground to reject temporary release. A division bench of Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Ritu Tagore emphasized that the mere likelihood of absconding while on parole was not a sufficient ground...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [October 16 To October 22, 2023]

Nominal Index X v. State of Haryana & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 197Kuldeep Singh @ Sonu v. State of Punjab 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 198Nisha rani v. State of Punjab and others 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 199Gursharan Singh v. State of Punjab and others 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 200Rajesh Kumar Sharma and others v. State of Punjab and others 2023 LiveLaw (PH) 201Jyotsana Rawat and others v. State of Punjab and...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Woman Detained With Child In UAPA Case, Says No Incriminatory Material Against Her

The Punjab & Haryana High Court granted bail to a woman who had been detained in 2022 under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, based on the disclosure statement of her husband.Vijay Singh stated that his wife, Sukhpreet Kaur, supported him in the illegal activities. Singh in his disclosure statement said that he collected a parcel containing a hand grenade, a...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Permission To Terminate 33 Weeks Pregnancy Of Minor Rape Victim, Cites Threat To Life

Observing that abortion at such an advanced stage would "not only endanger the life of the minor victim but is likely to premature delivery of child", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to direct termination of 33 weeks old pregnancy of a minor rape victim.The Medical board also opined that it will not be safe and would be life threatening to the mother due to advance gestational...

'Non-Compliance' With AFT Order On Pension | Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Contempt Notice To Sr. Defence Ministry Official

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a contempt notice to Alka Sharma, principal integrated financial adviser at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Major General Ashok Singh, for allegedly not complying with the order of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Chandigarh to give penal amount to a retired Naib Subedar.Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan issued the notice stating that ASG accepted...

Apprehending Wife In Illicit Relationship May Falsely Implicate Husband, Punjab & Haryana HC Orders Thorough Investigation Into Prospective FIRs

The Punjab and Haryana High Court as an “abundant caution” has directed thorough investigation of any complaint or FIR that the wife in “illicit relationship” files against her husband, so that he is not dragged into frivolous litigation.Observing that the protection petition filed by the wife and her partner is without any merit and “abuse of process of law”, Justice Alok Jain...