Punjab and Haryana High Court
Forest Fire In Morni Hills | Punjab & Haryana High Court Asks Govt To Submit Details Of Steps Initiated To Control Fire
The Punjab & Haryana High Court today has asked Haryana Government to submit about the status of the active forest fire in Panchkula's Morni Hills and what steps are being taken to control it.A vacation bench of Justice Archana Puri and Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan while issuing notice to Haryana Government, Secretary to Department of Environment, Deputy Commissioner, Principal...
'Rules Can't Be Based On Political Agenda': High Court On Haryana Govt's Socio-Economic Criteria For Extra Marks In Govt Jobs Recruitment
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the rule introduced in 2022 by the Haryana Government for recruitment of Group C and Group D posts which provided for additional five percent marks under socioeconomic criteria to the domicile of the state, observing that, "rules are required to be framed after actual data" and "cannot be based on the political agendas."Justice Sanjeev...
Court Hearings Frequently Disturbed By Unruly Crowds: Punjab & Haryana High Court Transfers Behbal Kalan Firing Case From Faridkot To Chandigarh
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the transfer of the trial in the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case from Faridkot to Chandigarh. The case was registered in Punjab's Faridkot district in 2015, a week after two protesters were killed in alleged police firing at Behbal Kalan while protesting against the alleged sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib by Dera Sacha Sauda Sirsa...
'Why Does Telecom Ministry Permit Multiple Prepaid SIMs In One Name?': Punjab & Haryana HC Suggests Govt To Restrict Issuing Multiple Prepaid SIMs To Curb Cyber Crime
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has flagged absence of Governmental measures restricting individuals to a single pre-paid SIM card, observing that cyber criminals are regularly misusing multiple SIM cards "to perpetuate their nefarious deeds."Justice Anoop Chitkara said, "Why does the Ministry of Telecommunication permit individuals, firms, or companies to acquire multiple prepaid SIM...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Declares Govt's 'Socio-Economic Criteria' For Giving Extra Marks In Govt Jobs Recruitment Unconstitutional
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has declared "unconstitutional", the socio-economic criteria introduced by the Haryana government for granting additional marks in state government jobs.Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sudeepti Sharma set aside the criteria, stating that it is violative of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution of India.The Court was hearing a batch of...
'Witnesses Cannot Be Expected To Present Parrot-Like Version Before Trial Court': Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Conviction In Murder Case
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the conviction in a murder case observing that the witnesses cannot be expected to present parrot-like version to the Trial Court.The Court rejected the "various inconsistencies appearing in the testimonies" of witnesses contended by the accused.Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill and Justice N.S. Shekhawat said, "When the witnesses were deposing after...
Failure To Fulfil Promise To Marry Doesn't Automatically Attract Offence Of Rape, 'Intention To Deceive' Must: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted a man accused of committing rape on pretext of false promise to marry the alleged victim, observing that the failure on the part of the accused to fulfill his promise "cannot be construed to mean that the promise itself was false."Justice Harpreet Singh Brar noted that, "there is no allegation in the testimony or the statement of the victim...
No Bar To Grant Anticipatory Bail To Child In Conflict With Law: Punjab & Haryana High Court Follows 'Broader View' Amidst Conflicting Opinions
Taking a "broader view", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that there is no bar under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) to grant bail to Child In Conflict with Law (CICL).Acting Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji said, "Once a protection is granted to adults as such under Section 438 Cr.P.C. on the ground of apprehension...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Stays Order Directing Journalist Rahul Pandita To Pay Rs 50 Lakh Compensation For Writing Allegedly Defamatory Article
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed a stay on the execution of a decree till the next hearing, wherein a Mohali Court had directed journalist Rahul Pandita to give Rs. 50 lakh in compensation to a CRPF officer, for allegedly writing a defamatory article in The Hindu in 2014 against him.Pandita had allegedly written an article with respect to an encounter between CPI Maoists and...
State's Special Investigation Cells Not Exempt From Installing CCTVs: High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Haryana DGP For Violating SC Judgment
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued contempt notice to Haryana's Director General of Police (DGP) for wilful disobedience of Supreme Court's directions to install CCTV in all police stations including special cells and units where investigation takes place.The development came after Haryana Government submitted that Supreme Court's direction in Paramvir Singh Saini case was only...
[Rape Of Intellectually Disabled Minor] P&H HC Flags 'Lackadaisical Approach' Of Police In Collecting DNA, Seeks Affidavit Of DGP On Compliance Of Guidelines
Raising concern on the "lackadaisical attitude" of police in collecting DNA samples, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the DGPs of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to submit an affidavit on compliance with the High Court's direction to mandatorily adhere to Section 53-A of the CrPC.Section 53A CrPC pertains to the medical examination of a person accused of committing...
Falling Female Ratio Is Shameful Ground Reality, Officers Must Work To Curb Female Foetecide: P&H HC Rejects Pre-Arrest Bail Of PNDT Clerk Booked For Corruption
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a nodal officer's clerk under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, [PNDT Act] who allegedly in collusion with the officer, demanded a bribe from a doctor to settle the notice issued to him, under PNDT Act.Justice Anoop Chitkara observed, "the Nodal Agencies under the PNDT are supposed...