Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [February 10-16, 2025]

Nominal Index [Citations 62 - 77]RENU SHARMA AND ORS v. HARYANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 2024 LiveLaw (PH) 62RAMAN @ SONU v. STATE OF PUNJAB 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 63 Aaditya Sharma v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 64Amandeep Singh v. Preet Industries and Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 65Dhanna Ram v. State of Haryana Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 66Ravisan and others v. State of Punjab and others...

Entitlement To Selection Grade Is Based On Sanctioned Cadre Strength, Not Actual Number Of Occupied Posts: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court bench comprising of Justice Deepak Gupta held that the entitlement to Selection Grade is based on the sanctioned cadre strength and not on the actual number of posts occupied. Background facts The plaintiffs were working in different branches in the Thermal Power House of Haryana State Electricity Board (H.S.E.B.). Their designation was...

UP-Haryana Land Dispute | P&H HC Directs Surveyor General Of India To Study Changing Pattern Of Yamuna & Impact On Both States

The Punjab & Haryana High Court directed the Surveyor General of India to examine the changing patterns of Yamuna with the help of revenue agency of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (UP) in order to study its impact on territories of both the states to resolve land dispute.The Court also directed to erect a bounday pillars between the state after updating the records.Justice Sureshwar Thakur...

Record In Warrant Cases | Non-Signing Of Witness's Deposition By Magistrate Will Be Fatal To Case: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that non- signing of the deposition of the witnesses, by a Magistrate in a warrant case under Section 275 CrPC ( Section 310 BNSS) would be fatal to the case of the prosecution.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "A bare perusal of the (Section 275(4) CrPC) provision indicates that any evidence taken by the jurisdictional Magistrate, in written...

MP Amritpal Singh Moves P&H High Court For Attending Parliamentary Proceedings In Obedience With Summons Issued By Lok Sabha Secy General

MP Amritpal Singh who is currently detained under National Security Act (NSA) has approached the Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking direction to the Union, Punjab Government and other respondents to allow him to attend parliamentary proceedings in obedience to the summons issued by Lok Sabha General Secretary.The writ petition states that Singh has been denied of his constitutional...

Cash At Judge's Door Scam Case | Punjab & Haryana HC Allows CBI To Examine 12 Witnesses Against Justice Nirmal Yadav

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has allowed CBI to recall or examine 12 witnesses in the infamous cash at judge's door scam case. In 2008, a peon of then sitting judge of Punjab & Haryana Court Justice Nirmaljit Kaur filed a complaint that a bag of Rs.15 lakh cash was delivered at Justice Kaur's Court by a clerk who was later apprehended after the judge asked to catch him. The case...

Punjab & Haryana HC Expresses Shock Over Electricity Failure In Hospital, Seeks Chief Secy's Affidavit On Lack Of Automatic Switch Over To Back-Up

Expressing shock over power failure in a hospital, the Punjab & Haryana High Court directed the Punjab's Chief Secretary to file an affidavit on why hospitals are not equipped with automatic switch-over like other public establishmentChief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel said, "It is not surprising but shocking to note that in a public establishment like a hospital where...

Death Of Appellant Renders Power Of Attorney Inoperative; Legal Aid Counsel Cannot Be Appointed If LRs Fail To Seek Leave To Continue: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the death of the appellant during the pendency of the plea renders Power of Attorney (POA) inoperative hence legal aid cannot be appointed by the Court on behalf of the deceased appellant if the Legal Representatives fails to seek leave of the Court to continue the appeal.These observations were made while hearing two appeals wherein the...

If Accused Dies During Pendency Of Appeal & Fine Imposed Is Stayed Or Deposited Before Death, Appeal Will Abate: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that if an appellant dies during the pendency of the appeal and the fine imposed on him by the trial court has been stayed or if the entire fine amount has been deposited with the Court before death, then the appeal will be abated.The Court observed, "A criminal appeal filed by a convict shall abate if the payment of the fine has been...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs UP Govt To Release Funds For Erecting Boundary At Disputed UP-Haryana Site

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government to release funds for erecting boundary pillars at the disputed sites on the UP-Haryana border.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "Financial grants in the said regard be forthwith released, inasmuch as, within a period of three weeks from today, so that the work of erection of boundary...

HMA | Conviction Of Spouse For Murder Amounts To Cruelty, Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Divorce To Man Whose Wife Killed Their Children

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted divorce on ground of "cruelty" under the Hindu Marriage Act to a man whose wife was convicted for murdering their children.Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Harsh Bunger said, "the conviction of the respondent and sentence of life imprisonment under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murder has caused mental pain, agony and apprehension in...

Deportation From USA | P&H HC Directs State To Decide On Plea Against Fake Travel Agents, Seeking Establishing Of Emigration Check Posts In Punjab

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today directed the State authorities to decide representation within a month on a plea filed seeking action against fake travel agents and for establishing an immigration check post in Punjab to prevent illegal immigration from Punjab to United States of America via "donkey route” (illegal means).Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Harmeet Singh...