Punjab and Haryana High Court
Successive Bail Pleas Without Change In Circumstances Amount To 'Forum Shopping': P&H High Court
Party aggrieved by an order must ascend the judicial ladder rather than move horizontally in hopes of more favourable wind, Court said.
High Court Stays Corruption Case Against OSD To Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed further proceedings against three accused including Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh in a Vigilance Bureau case alleging embezzlement of ₹65 lakh meant for installing street lights in villages around Ludhiana.The accused contend that the Special Judge pressured the investigating agency into filing a supplementary challan against them.Justice Sanjay Vashisth passed the interim order on three petitions. The...
Punjab DA Case: High Court Refers Chief Secretary Contempt Case To Roster Bench, Says 'Majesty Of Court Can't Be Compromised'
The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Friday directed that the contempt case against Punjab Chief Secretary K.P. Sinha, arising from alleged non-compliance with its orders in the Dearness Allowance (DA) case, be placed before the bench having jurisdiction as per the roster.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor passed the order after the Court was apprised of the Chief Secretary's stand that there was no deliberate intention to make a false...
High Court Bar Association Condemns Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira's Remarks Against Punjab Law Officers, Seeks Apology
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association has condemned remarks allegedly made by Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira against law officers in the Office of the Advocate General, Punjab. It has called on him to withdraw them and apologise.In a statement issued on behalf of its President, Rohit Sud, and its Executive Committee, the Association said a video containing the expression...
Long Custody Alone Is Not A "Substantial Change" For Successive Bail Plea: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a second regular bail plea by an accused in a Narcotics Control Bureau case involving the recovery of over 1.37 crore psychotropic tablets, holding that a longer period of custody, without any other supervening circumstance, is not a sufficient ground to revisit the earlier rejection."Continued incarceration, without any material change in...
P&H High Court Restrains Rohtak Sessions Judges From Hearing Bail Pleas In Real Estate Fraud Case, Notes Disparity In Bail Orders
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained judicial officers posted in the Sessions Division, Rohtak, from entertaining any bail applications in an FIR concerning an alleged real estate fraud on homebuyers, after noting that certain co-accused had been granted relief by the same presiding officer who dismissed the petitioner's bail plea.Justice N.S. Shekhawat, hearing an anticipatory...
P&H High Court Initiates Criminal Contempt Case Against The Hindu, Dainik Bhaskar Over Ads Alleging 'Conspiracy' Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim
Paid narratives insinuating Courts are party to a conspiracy against an accused or convict, obstructs justice administration, Court said.
P&H High Court Acquits Death Row Convict In 2018 Child Murder Case, Flags Gaps In Haryana Police Probe
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the death sentence awarded to a man for the 2018 murder of a toddler in Hisar district and acquitted him, holding that the prosecution failed to produce legally admissible evidence connecting him to the crime beyond reasonable doubt.A Division Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Harmeet Singh Deol considered the earliest documented...
P&H High Court Denies Bail To Woman Accused Of Embezzling Panchkula Municipal Corporation Funds
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that economic offences, though usually not attended by physical violence, cannot for that reason be treated as less serious, and that bail in such cases must be approached with greater circumspection where the material shows a specific and direct link between the accused and the alleged transactions."The absence of physical violence, therefore, cannot...
Statutory Presumption Of Severe Stress Unrebutted: P&H High Court Quashes FIR Against Man Who Shot Himself In Attempt To Commit Suicide
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed criminal proceedings under Section 309 IPC against a man who allegedly attempted to take his own life, holding that the statutory presumption of severe stress under Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, remained unrebutted. The Court also quashed the accompanying charges under Section 109 IPC and the Arms Act, finding that their...
Being Biological Father Alone Doesn't Justify Habeas Corpus For Child's Custody When Guardianship Case Is Pending: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a father seeking custody of his minor son from the child's maternal grandparents and uncle, holding that the dispute involved contested facts and was already pending before a competent guardianship court.Justice Sumeet Goel observed that "the mere fact that the petitioner is the biological father of the child...