Registration Of Other Cases Can't Be Sole Ground To Refuse Bail: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Relief To Retd Army Personnel In Fraud Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently granted bail to a retired army personnel, who had been imprisoned for nearly a year, holding that mere registration of other cases against the petitioner could not be taken as the sole material consideration for denying him bail.The court passed the above order in a petition filed under Section 439 of the CrPC, seeking grant of regular bail in an...

Seek District & Sessions Judge's Opinion Before Interpreting SC's Stay Vacation Verdict In 'Asian Resurfacing' Case: P&H HC Directs Civil Judges

In a significant order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Civil Judges/Judicial Magistrates in the States of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to seek the opinion of their respective District and Sessions Judges before interpreting Supreme Court's direction in Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency (P) Ltd. v. CBI.It may be noted that in the Asian Resurfacing judgment (supra), the...

Application U/S. 311 CrPC Can Be Filed By Anyone For Just Decision, Not Just Prosecution Or Complainant: Punjab and Haryana High Court

While allowing Times Group's petition challenging the dismissal of its application under Section 311 of CrPC by trial court in a case of alleged forced religious conversion, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said the provisions of Section 311 CrPC can be invoked by anyone who is able to show that the evidence of witness sought to be examined will be necessary for just decision of...

Even A Professional Beggar Has A Moral & Legal Liability To Maintain His Wife, Who Is Unable To Maintain Herself: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that a husband has got a moral and legal liability to maintain his wife unable to maintain herself, even if he is a professional beggar. The bench of Justice HS Madaan asserted thus while dismissing a plea filed by the husband challenging an order passed by the subordinate court awarding Rs 5K as monthly maintenance to the wife...

Will Soon Take Appropriate Decision: BCI To Punjab and Haryana High Court On Charging Of 'Exorbitant' Enrollment Fees By State Bar Councils

The Bar Council of India has told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it will soon take a decision on the issue of exorbitant enrollment fee being charged by the state bar councils.The submission was made before the bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Vikas Bahl during the hearing of a petition alleging that the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana was charging...

'Have Not Been Able To Arrest Amritpal Despite Best Efforts; LOC Opened Against Him By MHA': Punjab Police Informs High Court

The Punjab Police today informed the Punjab And Haryana High Court that it has not been able to arrest/detain alleged Khalistani sympathizer Amritpal Singh despite best efforts, however, a Look Out Circular (LOC) has been opened by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) against him on State Police's request.In an affidavit filed through the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Border Range, it...

In A First, Punjab And Haryana High Court Seeks ChatGPT's Response On Bail Jurisprudence Across The World

In a first, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dealing with a bail plea, sought the response of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT to get a broader outlook of the bail jurisprudence across the world.To assess the worldwide view on bail when the assault is laced with cruelty, the bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara used the AI tool and put the...

Court Can’t Compare Disputed Signatures With Admitted Ones By Mere Glance, Must Record Analysis Of Characteristics: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that though Section 73 of the Indian Evidence Act empowers a court to compare the disputed signatures with the admitted signatures but the same cannot be done on a casual perusal or a mere glance, particularly without even recording an analysis of the characteristics of the admitted signatures as compared to those of the disputed one.The observation...

Have Formed Panel To Probe Into Lawrence Bishnoi's Jail Interviews, Punjab Govt Informs High Court

The Punjab Government has informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it has formed a committee to look into the recent to look into the incident of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi appearing on TV News Channel for an interview. The submission was made before the bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shankar Jha and Justice Arun Palli which was dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)...

Plea In Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeking Probe Into Lawrence Bishnoi’s TV Interview Dismissed As Withdrawn

A plea moved before the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking a probe into the recent News Channel interview of alleged gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was today dismissed as withdrawn.The plea moved by Gourave Bhayyia, a Chandigarh-based lawyer, was withdrawn after the bench of Justice Vikram Aggarwal after giving him the liberty to move a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea in...

Habeas Plea Claims Alleged Khalistani Sympathiser Detained Illegally By State Police, High Court Issues Notice To Punjab Govt

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Sunday issued notice to the Punjab Government on a habeas corpus plea moved before it seeking the production/release of alleged separatist leader and chief of 'Waris Punjab De' organization, Amritpal Singh.The bench of Justice NS Shekhawat issued this notice on a plea moved by one Imaan Singh Khara, legal advisor of 'Waris Punjab De', claiming that Singh...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Relaxes Norm On 'Mandatory Custody' For Suspension Of Sentence In NDPS Cases

A division bench comprising of Justices M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Sukhvinder Kaur of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the norm of undergoing minimum mandatory period of custody of 6 years for consideration of grant of relief of suspension of sentence in cases where there is conscious possession of commercial quantity of contraband (as laid down in the decision of Daler Singh...