Punjab and Haryana High Court
'Speaker Will Decide': High Court Disposes Punjab LoP's Plea Alleging "Biased Telecast" Of Assembly Proceedings
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Punjab Assembly Speaker to decide the representation of the opposition leader Pratap Singh Bajwa, alleging biased telecast of the Assembly proceedings.Bajwa alleged that during Assembly's Live Telecast, the camera is unfocussed when opposition MLAs are speaking and the entirety of their speech is not shown, whereas the telecast is very...
High Court Restraints Protesting Outsourced Workers At PGI Chandigarh From Strike Disrupting Patient Care Services
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the protesting outsourced workers of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh to stop the on going strike.The outsourced employees including sanitation workers have been demanding equal pay for equal work, health benefits, and other allowances. Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal issued writ...
BNS Provision, Punjab & Haryana HC's "Gag" Order Restricting Publication Of Judgments Relating To Sexual Offences, Other Cases Challenged
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging the High Court's executive committee order restricting uploading of orders, judgments or case details of sensitive matters like cases relating crime against woman, Juvenile Justice Act, matrimonial disputes on the High Court websites, including the e-court platform.In Punjab & Haryana...
Govt Employees Can't Assume 5-Day Work-Week: Punjab & Haryana HC Decides 511 Pleas Seeking Extra Wages For Working On Saturdays
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that Government employees cannot assume that they are only required to work for five days in a week and they cannot claim compensation as a matter of right for working on Saturdays.Justice Sanjay Vashisth disposed of 511 pleas of government employees seeking extra wages for working on Saturdays, in various departments of the Punjab...
"Lack Of Police Action Can't Be Exempted Under Sovereign Immunity": Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Bathinda SSP
Observing that "lack of adequate and proper action on the part of the Police cannot be exempted or insulated under a sovereign immunity", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.1 lakh on Punjab's Bathinda SSP for failing to take adequate steps against protesting farmers who stalled National Gas Pipeline Project.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said,"the lack of adequate and...
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's First Viral Interview Glorifying Crime Was Conducted In Punjab Police Custody: SIT Tells High Court
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court has revealed that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's first interview "glorifying crime and criminals" was conducted when he was in Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) premises in Punjab's Kharar.CIA is a special branch of the Punjab Police. Bishnoi was in custody in connection with a drugs and arms case.Earlier, the...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks To Know If HC Campus Overlaps Sukhna Catchment Area Where Construction Is Prohibited
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed a Technical Experts Committee to submit whether the High Court campus overlaps the Sukhna catchment area or not.The Sukhna catchment area is the surrounding demarcated region of Sukhna Lake, which is a protected site according to environmental norms. In 2020, the High Court directed the demolition of all buildings constructed in the catchment area...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Suo Motu Stays Single Bench Order With Unwarranted Comments Against Supreme Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court today, took suo motu cognizance of the comments "lowering the majesty and dignity of Apex Court" made in the order passed by Justice Rajbir Sehrawat.In an unusual order, the judge criticised the Supreme Court for staying the contempt proceeding of the High Court, observing that there was a tendency on the part of the Supreme Court to presume that it was...
'Monster Like Conduct': Punjab & Haryana High Court Confirms Death Penalty To Man Who Kidnapped, Murdered 7 Yrs Old
Observing that the incident is an example of "monster like conduct", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has confirmed death penalty awarded to a man for kidnapping and murdering a 7-year-old boy in 2010.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma, "the instant case is of the gruesome murder of a child. It exemplifies dehumanized, besides monster like conduct of the convict-...
Mother Of IAS Officer Shot Dead In Chandigarh Court Moves High Court Seeking Police Protection
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed a one Kuldeep Singh, who allegedly “hand in glove” with the accused in the Chandigarh Court firing case to remain present in the police station tomorrow.The development comes in a protection plea filed by the mother of Harpreet K. Singh, an IAS officer who was shot dead in the harrowing incident on August 3. The shots were allegedly fired...
Orders Not Passed On Merits Can Be Recalled By HC To Prevent Abuse Of Process: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has recalled its order observing that the bar of Section 362 of Criminal Procedure Code would not apply on recalling orders which are not passed on the merits of a case.Section 362 of CrPC states that, "save as otherwise provided by the Code or by any other law, no Court, when it has signed its judgment or final order disposing of a case, shall alter or...