Faridabad Student Suicide: Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Principal Who Allegedly Failed To Report Homophobic Harassment

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to quash the FIR lodged against a Faridabad school’s principal who allegedly failed to act on a student's complaints alleging homophobic bullying, leading him to commit suicide in 2022.“The occurrence in question preceded the alleged homophobic and transphobic bullying by the peers of the deceased child. The email was sent by the complainant...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Justice Manoj Bajaj From P&H HC To Allahabad High Court

The Central Government has notified the transfer of Justice Manoj Baja from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the Allahabad High Court pursuant to a proposal made by the Supreme Court Collegium.On July 12, the 5-member collegium led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud had recommended his transfer rejecting his request to allow him to continue at the P&H High Court. The...

Adulterated Sanitizers: Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail To Accused, Says ‘Played With Lives Of People For Their Personal Gain’

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to two persons who are alleged to have been involved in manufacturing, sale and distributing hand sanitizer, which was found to be not of standard quality by a Government Analyst.The bench of Justice Sandeep Moudgil said it is clear that the product was launched without proper testing only to earn huge profits during...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Revives Contempt Petition Against Additional Session Judge, Who Acquitted Murder Accused Despite Stay Order

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has revived contempt proceedings against the then Additional Session Judge of Kapurthala, who despite the stay order of the High Court acquitted the accused in a 2016 murder case.A contempt petition was filed against the judge for disobeying the order of the High Court and in 2019 it directed the Registrar Vigilance to conduct a fact finding enquiry and...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice Manoj Bajaj To Allahabad High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, has recommended the transfer of Justice Manoj Bajaj from the Punjab & Haryana High Court to the Allahabad High Court.“On 05 July 2023, the Collegium proposed transfer of Mr. Justice Manoj Bajaj, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad for better administration...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs State To Regularize Clerk After Over 30 Years Of Service

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the State to regularise the services of a clerk in the Water Supply and Sanitation Department, in accordance with a 2011 Punjab Government circular.Under the circular, it was decided that services of daily wage or work charge employees with 10 years of service as of December 2006, can be considered for regularisation. However, the petitioner,...

Convict Says He Spent Over 2 Years In Jail, Police Says He Was Never There: High Court Orders Haryana DGP To Look Into Matter

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana DGP to look into a matter wherein a convict has claimed that he has already undergone a custody of more than 02 years and 05 months in a case dating back to 1999 but as per the police, he is yet to undergo the two years sentence imposed on him by the Supreme Court.While taking note of the situation, the bench of Justice Suvir...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Gurgaon Court's Order To Remove Stray Dogs From Court Premises, Says 'Not Maintainable'

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed the plea challenging Gurgaon court's direction to remove stray dogs from the court premises within a period of 15 days from the date of passing of the order.The bench of Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj said, “the petitioner has failed to show their locus standi in the absence of being a party to the said civil suit in which the impugned order has...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Declares ‘No Work Day’ For Second Consecutive Day On July 11 Due To Heavy Rainfall

The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association has declared a 'no work day' for the second consecutive day on July 11 due to heavy rainfall in the region.The Association has once again requested the High Court not to pass any adverse orders on July 11 due to the absence of lawyers amid waterlogging and red alert issued by the weather authorities in the tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses To Grant Bail To Army Man Accused Of Sending Information About Military Stations To Co-Accused With Pak Links

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant regular bail to an Army personnel Harpreet Singh, who is accused of providing secret information and documents to a co-accused, who was apprehended allegedly with 70 grams of heroin in 2021.The bench of Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul said, “Prima facie there are very grave, serious and specific allegations against the petitioner of...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes FIR Filed Against Colors TV, Others For 'Hurting Sentiments' Of Valmiki Community In ‘Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush’

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed the FIR filed in 2019 against Colors TV and the actors and producers of the show 'Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush' for allegedly portraying a wrong image of Bhagwan Valmiki and hurting religious sentiments of the community.The court took note of the order passed in October 2019, wherein the ban on the show was set aside after the producers provided...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Regular Bail To Afghan Residents Who Overstayed Visa

Observing that the trial is progressing at a slow pace, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted bail to three Afghan residents who overstayed after the expiry of their visas and passports. The accused persons had already been in custody for over two years.“It is not a case that the petitioners were indulging in any illegal activities or commission of crime and they are being...