Punjab and Haryana High Court
LPU Violence: P&H High Court Seeks Status Report On Police Investigation In Plea For CBI Probe
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought a comprehensive status report in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking CBI probe into a violent incident that occurred at Lovely Professional University (LPU) on Sunday (September 27).Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor sought detailed report on the status of investigation, action taken by police so far ans...
'Let Children Of Convict Not Lose Their Mother': P&H High Court Commutes Woman's Death Penalty For Burying Toddler Alive
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence of a Ludhiana woman convicted of kidnapping her neighbours' two-year-old granddaughter and burying her alive in a pit. It substituted rigorous imprisonment for 30 years without remission, while upholding her conviction.A Division Bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj and Justice Ravinder Malik held that although the offence...
Selection Committee Can't Use Interview As 'Veto' To Declare Candidate Unsuitable When No Minimum Marks Prescribed: P&H High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that where a recruitment advertisement prescribes a composite, multi-stage selection scheme without any minimum qualifying marks for the interview, a Selection Committee cannot declare a candidate "Not Found Suitable" solely on the basis of the interview, disregarding his merit under the other notified parameters.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar...
S.528 BNSS | High Court's Inherent Powers Can't Be Used As Disguised Second Revision: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) to invoke High Court's inherent powers against an order passed by a Sessions Court in revision operates within an "extraordinarily constricted domain", and the petitioner must show an egregious failure of justice or a glaring jurisdictional defect.Justice Sumeet...
PIL Filed In P&H High Court Seeking CBI Probe Into Violence Incidents At Lovely Professional University
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking CBI probe into a violent incident that occurred at Lovely Professional University (LPU) on Sunday (September 27).Mentioning was made before the bench of Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor and the matter has now been kept for hearing tomorrow.A student of...
Gurugram Facing Persistent Water Crisis, Rainwater Not Used Effectively: P&H High Court Seeks Remedial Measures
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that Gurugram faces a persistent shortage of potable water, with groundwater levels falling for decades because of indiscriminate use of borewells. It has asked all parties to submit written suggestions on remedial measures.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor said that unless appropriate and...
Threatening Lawyer To Withdraw Case Is 'Direct Attack' On Justice System: P&H High Court Orders FIR, SIT Probe
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered an FIR and the constitution of a Special Investigation Team, headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector General of Police, after the petitioner's counsel reported receiving threats from an international number demanding that he withdraw the plea seeking fair investigation involving accused lodged in jail.It was alleged that the petitioner's...
GST Arrest Despite Court-Directed Appearance Was 'Brazen Act Of Highhandedness': Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Release Of Businessman
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the immediate release of a Ludhiana businessman arrested by Central GST officers after he appeared before them on the Court's own direction, while his writ petition was still pending. The Court called the arrest "a brazen act of highhandedness where the constitutional safeguards available to a citizen have not been adhered to."A Division Bench...
Toll Plaza Within 5 Km Of Municipal Limits Valid If Highway Serves Locals; P&H High Court Says Halting Project Not In Interest Of Justice
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to interfere with the siting of a toll plaza on National Highway-07, about 4.75 km from the municipal limits of Fazilka. It held that halting a highway project that is almost complete, and undertaken for the nation's development, would not serve the interest of justice.A Division Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri and Justice Pravindra...
State Obligated To Rehabilitate 1984 Operation Blue Star Oustees: P&H High Court Slashes Shop Allotment Rates
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Punjab to allot shop sites to shopkeepers displaced from around Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, during Operation Blue Star in 1984, at ₹1,000 per square yard. This is the rate given in 1988 to oustees of the later Galiara beautification scheme. The State had fixed a rate of ₹38,400 per square yard in 2012.A Division Bench of...
'Search Is Over, Alleged Detenues Set Free': Punjab Withdraws Habeas Corpus Plea Against ED Raid
The State of Punjab has withdrawn its habeas corpus petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court over the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) search at the headquarters of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) after the search ended and the officers it alleged were illegally confined on the premises were set free.Justice Sanjay Vashisth, "Faced with the changed...
P&H High Court Holds Late-Night WhatsApp Hearing On Punjab Govt's Plea Alleging ED Detained Top Bureaucrats
The Punjab & Haryana High Court held a late-night hearing via WhatsApp last night, on Punjab Government's plea alleging detention of top bureaucrats by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after raid on the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA).The WhatsApp video call at about 10:42 p.m at Camp office was facilitated from a Mobile Phone belonging to a Senior Assistant of...