12 Personnel Already Deployed With Her: High Court Refuses To Interfere With Downgrade Of Former Punjab CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal's Security

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the Punjab Police decision to downgrade the security of former Punjab Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal from 'Z' category to 'Y'Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj found no basis to disagree with the competent authority's conclusion regarding the security needs of Bhattal.It noted that the authority, after a thorough assessment of the perceived threats...

'Unblemished Patriotic Soldier': Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Relief To Muslim IAF Officer Dismissed From Service For Second Marriage

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the dismissal order of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Officer who performed second marriage under Muslim Personal law, observing that he has served unblemished service as a patriotic soldier and his dismissal would amount to violation of right to livelihood.The IAF Officer was dismissed from the service because he performed second marriage without...

Drug Menace: P&H High Court Directs CBI To Enquire Into Large-Scale Manufacturing Of Tablets By Pharma Firms In Himachal

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary enquiry on the alleged large-scale manufacturing of a drug by pharmaceutical firms in Himachal. The tablets manufactured by the firms were allegedly caught for being used for illicit trade.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said, “Taking into consideration that huge quantity of drugs has been seized and the volume...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Panjab University To Pay ₹1 Lakh To Law Student For Failing Him By Arbitrarily Reducing Marks

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 1 Lakh on Panjab University for declaring a law student 'fail' in a paper of BA LLB 6th Semester.Considering the seriousness of the issue that may have an effect on the career of student, Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri directed the Vice Chancellor to look into the issue and take corrective measures within two months.“Since the...

ED Arrest Illegal If Not Based On Well Documented 'Reason To Believe' U/S 19 PMLA: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed the plea of an industrialist accused of money laundering, challenging ED arrest, observing that grounds of arrest explicitly reveal and point to the effect that the Arresting Officer had conveyed his intention, reasons, grounds and belief to arrest the petitioner.Neeraj Saluja was accused of illegally diverting over Rs.1,500 crores from the...

Even If Fatal Injury Is Caused By Only One Member Of Unlawful Assembly, All Co-Accused Will Be Liable For Murder: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has reiterated that even if the fatal injury was caused by one person of the unlawful assembly to the deceased, all will be liable for murder under the principle of "vicarious criminal liability".Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Sudeepti Sharma said, "Even if the lethal assault was caused by one of the accused, whereas, the other co-accused caused grievous...

Haryana Gauvansh Act | HC Can Hear Plea Against Confiscation Order Despite Statutory Restriction To Appeal Before Dy Commissioner: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the petitioner has the statutory rights to file a revision petition challenging the confiscation order before the Sessions Court and also to invoke the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court on the Criminal Side instead of exhausting the remedy provided under Section 17 of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015...

'Allegations Made To Pollute Stream Of Justice': P&H HC Declines To Transfer Cruelty Case Over Claims That Trial Judge Was Being Influenced By Bar Member

The Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissed a plea to transfer a cruelty case from a district court filed on the ground that the judge was allegedly acting under the influence of a bar member who was related to the petitioner's wife, observing that "allegations made by the petitioner have the tendency to pollute the stream of justice."Justice Sumeet Goel said, "The said allegations on the...

Shocked Conscience Of Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court Flags “Unacceptable Lapses” Over Convict's Acquittal After Completion Of Sentence

Observing that the case "shocked the conscience" of the Court, the Punjab & Haryana High Court flagged "the protracted delay" in the listing of appeals wherein a rape convict was acquitted by the High Court after completion of his entire sentence.The Court acquitted the convict stating that the prosecution failed to prove its case and the circumstances indicate that they were in a...

"Order Was Issued Considering Threat Perception": HC Expunges Adverse Remarks Against Punjab Police After Man Snatched Gun From Judge's PSO

The Punjab & Haryana High Court expunged remarks made on Punjab Police that “there is definitely lapse of security” clarifying that earlier directions to substitute Punjab Police with a neutral police force (UT Administration/State of Haryana) were issued “wholly and solely keeping in mind the threat perception perceived by the Judge and also this Court.”On September 22 a man...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Reservist Sepoys' Pension Scheme

The Punjab & Haryana High Court upheld the order of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) whereby it directed the Union Ministry of Defence to grant the benefit of a revised pension to reservist army retirees under the Pension Regulation for Army, 1961.The AFT had directed the Union to calculate 'reservist pension' at the rate of 2/3rd of pension as applicable to the lowest grade of Sepoys...

Non-Functioning Of DRT-II Has Flooded HC With Pleas: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Giving Additional Charge To DRT-I

The Punjab & Haryana High Court flagged the "piquant situation" which has raised due to non functioning Debt Recovery Tribunal-II (DRT-II) in Chandigarh since August, as the High Court is flooded with the pleas of litigants adversely affected.Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur noted "the piquant situation which has arisen due to non-functioning of learned DRT-II leading to a...