Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking SOP For Regulating Custody Period Of Persons With Multiple Cases

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued a notice to government of Punjab and Haryana on a petition seeking formulation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for regulating the total period of custody undergone by a person detained in multiple cases. The petitioner argues that reading the custody period of all cases jointly would amount to violation of the right to speedy trial...

Ensure Inter-State Boundary Disputes Between Haryana And UP Are Settled With Utmost Promptitude: Punjab & Haryana High Court To Union Govt

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed Survey of India's Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh Geo-spatial Data Centre (PHCGDC) in Chandigarh to ensure that a detailed site plan is prepared after an exercise is carried out by its experts, along with revenue officers of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, in respect of the boundary disputes between the two states. It has been decided that...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Awards Rs 1 Lakh Compensation Each To Two Women Denied Pension For Years By State

Observing that pension and pensionary benefits are not the bounty of the State and rather it is a Constitutional Right under Article 300-A, the Punjab & Haryana High Court recently imposed 1 Lakh Cost on Punjab in two different cases for causing delay in releasing pension. The cost is ordered to be paid to the beneficiaries along with the pension amount.In one case, the widow had...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Quashes Income Tax Demand Notice For Non-Compliance Of Section 144-B Procedure

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the assessment order and consequent notice of demand and penalty proceedings due to non-compliance of procedure enshrined in clauses (vii) and (viii) of Section 144-B(6) of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Manisha Batra observed that the assessment of the orders and demand notices had been passed in violation...

Questioning Legality Of Arrest & Remand Orders, Punjab & Haryana HC Extends Interim Bail Of TV Journalist, Grants Relief To 2 Others

On Tuesday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court extended the interim bail granted to Times Now's reporter Bhawana Kishore and also granted interim bail to her cameraman Mritunjay Kumar and driver Parmender Singh Rawat until May 22 in a rash driving case.In an important observation, the bench of Justice Augustine George Masih said that the arresting officer and then the judicial officers...

'Times Now' Reporter's Arrest| 'Allegations Serious, She Utterred Abusive Words Against Complainant's Caste Publically': Punjab Police To High Court

Filing an affidavit in the matter pertaining to the arrest of Times Now's reporter Bhawana Kishore, the Punjab Police has informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that allegations against Kishore are grave and serious and that she had uttered defamatory, derogatory and abusive words against the caste of the complainant publically.The affidavit has been filed by the Assistant Commissioner...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Punjab Govt To Pay Rs 5 Lakh To Army Man’s Widow For Forcing Her To Approach Court In Land Allotment Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday directed Punjab government to provide a compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs to a widow of a deceased soldier for not assigning any revenue rasta with promptitude for the land allotted to her in honour of the service of her deceased husband.The division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Kuldeep Tiwari observed:“The consequence of no revenue...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Interim Custody To Biological Mother Who Prima Facie Abandoned Her Child

While denying interim custody of a minor child to his biological mother, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that biological parents are disentitled to grant of custody if they abandon their minor child and deprive child from love and affection.A bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur was dealing with a petition moved by the biological mother of the minor child, seeking grant of...

BREAKING| Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Bail To 'Times Now' Reporter Bhawana Kishore In Rash Driving Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court in a special hearing conducted today evening, granted interim bail till Monday to Times Now reporter Bhawana Kishore who was arrested by Punjab Police on Friday for allegedly knocking down a Dalit woman with her car and verbally abusing her.The bench of Justice Augustine George Masih granted her interim bail in a plea moved by Kishore seeking the quashing of...

Gurgaon School Murder: Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Decision To Try Juvenile As Adult

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Gurugram's decision to try a child in conflict with law as an adult in the 2017 murder case of a Gurgaon school student.Justice Anoop Chitkara said that the order is absolutely in tune with the directions of the Supreme Court and has been passed in the light of provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act...

Applicant Should Have The Qualification On Date, Proof Can Be Produced Later: Punjab & Haryana HC Reiterates

A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising of Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur while deciding a Letters Patent Appeal (“LPA”) in the case of Narender Kumar vs Dr. Kuldeep Singh and others has held that it is necessary to have the essential qualification by the date of the application and the proof of publication can be produced later which...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Termination Of LPG Distributorship For Concealment Of Facts By OCI Card Holder

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a gas agency seeking the quashing of a termination letter for their LPG dealership in Hoshiarpur. The dealership agreement of M/s SRA H.P. Gas Agency was terminated by the Corporation on the grounds that the applicant - the petitioner no. 2 in the case, had concealed material facts while applying for the distributorship and...