Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes FIR Filed Against Punjabi Singer Miss Pooja, Others For Allegedly Hurting Religious Sentiments In Music Video

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the FIR filed against the famous Punjabi singer Miss Pooja, actor Harish Verma and others for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by depicting Yamraj as a drunk husband in her 2018 music video 'Jeeju'.The FIR under Sections 295-A, 499 and 500 IPC IPC at a Police Station in Rupnagar was filed on the direction of a Magistrate under Section...

High Court Asks Punjab Irrigation Dept To Release Pensionary Benefits To Widow In 3 Weeks Or Face Stay On Disbursal Of Salaries Of IAS Officers

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab Irrigation department to release the pensionary benefits to a widow, whose husband has been missing for nearly three decades, within three weeks or there will be a stay on disbursal of the salaries of all the IAS officers posted in the department.“On completion of the said formalities, the required amount payable to the petitioners...

'Allegations Are Very Serious': Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Bail Plea Of Man Accused Of Transporting Cows For Slaughtering

Observing that the he was carrying cows in a "pitiable" condition and the allegations against him are "very serious", the Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected bail of an accused booked under provisions of Haryana Gauvans Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, for allegedly taking cows for slaughtering.A Worker of Bajrang Dal last year had filed...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Former AIG Ashish Kapoor In Bribery Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to former Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Ashish Kapoor and Assistant Sub Inspector Harvinder Singh in a bribery case. The court took note of the petitioners' "substantial period" of custody of more than seven months and ordered their release on regular bail.The incident in question allegedly occurred in 2018, but the...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Guidelines For Service Of Summons Through WhatsApp, Other Messaging Apps By Revenue Courts

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a slew of directions for a faster and easier way to serve summons, notices and pleadings to avoid delay in disposal of proceedings before the Revenue Courts in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. “It is the need of the hour that in order to avoid any undue disposal of the proceedings pending before the Revenue Courts wherein the intention of a party...

Inter-State Boundary Dispute: Punjab And Haryana High Court Directs Haryana, UP Govts To Deposit Expenses For Boundary Pillars

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to deposit the sums of money into the relevant heads of accounts of the relevant department of the Union of India within a week, towards the expenses for erection of the boundary pillars at the disputed border sites. The division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Kuldeep Tiwari further directed...

Further Detention Invalid If Extension Order For Submitting Final Report Under Section 173 CrPC Itself Is Set Aside: Punjab And Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that further detention of an accused becomes unlawful if an order granting extension to submit the final report under Section 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) itself is overturned. The court passed the ruling on a revision petition filed by one, Rajpal alias Billu challenging the dismissal of his application for default regular bail in a...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging Answer Key Of 2015 Clerk Post Exam

Observing that the court is not required to examine the correctness of the expert opinion, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed an appeal challenging the answer key of a clerk post exam held by Haryana Staff Selection Commission.Considering that the advertisement was issued in 2015, the revised final key was declared in 2018 and the results have already been declared,the bench...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Four In Double Murder Case

Giving benefit of doubt to them in a 2018 double murder case, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has acquitted four convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2021 by Additional Sessions Judge, Gurdaspur.After noting various lapses in prosecution case, the bench of Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Manisha Batra said, “This Court is of the opinion that the prosecution has failed to...

Punjab & Haryana HC Bar Association Decides To Boycott Court Of Justice Anil Kshetarpal Over His Alleged Misbehaviour

The Punjab And Haryana High Court Bar Association today passed a resolution deciding to boycott the Court of Justice Anil Kshetarpal with immediate effect while seeking his transfer to another High Court over his alleged misbehaviour with an advocate.The decision to this effect was taken in an emergent meeting of the Executive Committee which was called to discuss the complaint given by a...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Directs Haryana Staff Selection Commission To Revise Merit List Of Constables, Sub-Inspectors Selected In 2019

While disposing of a batch of 52 petitions challenging the merit list prepared by Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) for the appointment of policemen to various posts in Indian Reserve Battalion, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Commission to revise the merit list of those candidates whose claim for benefit in the ‘orphan category’ was wrongly denied.The HSSC had...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To AAP MLA Amit Rattan In Corruption Case

Considering that “nothing has been recovered” from him, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to AAP MLA Amit Rattan in a corruption case filed in February 2023 under Sections 7, 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B IPC at Bathinda.Rattan was arrested in March after Rashim Garg, alleged to be private PA of the MLA, was apprehended in a trap set by...