Punjab & Haryana HC Stays Chandigarh DM's Order To Demolish 'Dhabas' In Front Of High Court Premises

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has kept the Chandigarh administration’s demolition order in abeyance until next hearing, which was planned for today and tomorrow to remove alleged illegal encroachment in front of High Court’s premises.The bench of Justice G.S Sandhawalia and Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan said, “the demolition order dated 24.07.2023, passed by the District...

High Court Directs Punjab Police SI To Pay Compensation of Rs 10,000 To Accused For Lodging Drugs Case 'Without Any Basis'

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed a Punjab Police official, who got an FIR registered under under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act “without any basis”, to pay compensation of Rs.10,000 to the accused.“Since the FIR has been got registered even before creating a basis for that, and due to the FIR, the petitioner has been put to the harassment and...

Long Weekend? Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Requests Chief Justice To Declare August 14 As Holiday

The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association has written a letter to the high court, requesting it to declare August 14 as a local holiday.It said that an "oral as well as a written request signed by more than 200 members of the Bar Association" has been received for declaring August 14 as a local holiday as the High Court is already closed from August 12 to August 15, except on...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Blocking Of Lawyer's Twitter Handle By Punjab Police

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued notice on a plea seeking directions to Punjab Police to unblock a Twitter account being run by a lawyer. The plea also alleges that officials are operating the social media accounts of various police districts and commissionerates without any valid legal sanction. Justice Vinod S. Bharadwaj issued the notice to the respondents and listed the...

'There Can Be No Leniency While Dealing With Bail Petitions Of Cyber Thugs': Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has rejected the pre-arrest bail plea of a man in a case related to the hacking of computers of a centre where online examinations for recruitment to various departments were conducted.Justice Anoop Chitkara said the allegations against the petitioner and co-accused are grave and the evidence collected so far points to the petitioner’s involvement in...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 17 To July 23

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Punjab & Haryana High Court:Nominal Index1.Gurjinder Singh @ Ginda v. State of Punjab2.Arvind Kumar Sharma v. State of Punjab and others3.X v. Union of India and others4.Ram Baksh @ Ramu v. State of Punjab5.Mohan Lal @ Mohan v. UOI and all connected matters1. Contraband Sent In Unsealed Condition To Malkhana After Examination At FSL': Punjab...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice On Former Punjab AIG Ashish Kapoor's Contempt Plea Over Registration Of Back To Back FIRs

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a notice in a contempt plea filed against AIG Manmohan Kumar and other police officials for alleged violation of the court’s direction to not act on the recommendation of the State Police Complaint Authority to re-investigate the rape and extortion case against former AIG Ashish Kapoor. The bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan directed that,...

Passport May Be Issued If 5 Years Have Elapsed After Conviction, Even If Appeal Is Pending: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the bar for not issuing a passport will not apply to the person convicted of an offence for not less than 2 years, after the passing of 5 years of conviction, even if the appeal is pending.“It is well known fact that conclusion of trial in India takes quite long time. Passing of 5 years period post-conviction, primarily though not...

Notice U/S 41-A CrPC Not Issued, Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Accused In Case Alleging Forgery Of AAP MLA’s Signatures On Sale Deeds

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted bail to a man in a case alleging forgery of AAP MLA’s signature on sale deeds, on the ground that the mandatory requirement of giving notice before arrest under Section 41-A CrPC, as laid down in the Arnesh Kumar judgment, to the accused in cases where offences are punishable for seven years or less, was not complied with by the...

Constable Serving Since 1985 Denied Promotion Allegedly On Ground Of Being HIV+, Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Centre To Take Decision

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Union government to pass a speaking order on a Constable's demand for promotion to Head Constable General Duty post. The Constable, who is with a Central Armed Police Force, said he was being denied promotion only because he is a patient of HIV+.Justice Jagmohan Bansal took note of the high court's decision in Bishamber Dutt vs. Union of...

Security To Be Provided If Threat Perception Genuine But Don’t Attend Weddings, Parties: Punjab & Haryana High Court To Hindu Outfit Leader

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab Police to provide security to Arvind Kumar Sharma, who claims to be a senior BJP leader and National President of Hindu Shakti Sangathan, in case he has "any genuine threat perception", on the condition that he will not attend any public functions like wedding or parties during such threat perception.Sharma in the petition claimed...

'Contraband Sent In Unsealed Condition To Malkhana After Examination At FSL': Punjab & Haryana HC Acquits Man Sentenced To 10 Years Jail In NDPS Case

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has acquitted a man convicted under Section 22(c) of the NDPS Act, on the ground that after examining the contraband, the chemical examiner at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) failed to "re-enclose" it inside the cloth parcels and emboss the seals of the FSL on it.Gurinder Singh was allegedly caught with 372 grams of heroin and convicted under...