Punjab and Haryana High Court
Reports Of Cyber Crime Cannot Be Brushed Aside: P&H HC Asks Union Telecom Secy To Deliberate On Issue Of Fraud Calls From Pre-Paid SIM Cards
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Secretary of Telecommunication, Government of India, to deliberate on the issue of cyber-crime that takes place by using pre-paid SIM cards and also by fraudulent marketing companies by using mobiles and landlines.The development came while hearing a bail plea of a man booked for cyber-crime. During the hearing the Court found that over 35 SIM cards were issued in his name, who has been "taking advantages from the vulnerabilities emerging from...
Farmers Protest: Plea In Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Free Passage For Public Through Shambhu Border
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Punjab & Haryana High Court today, seeking directions to allow passing of pubic transports and vehicles from Shambhu border, connecting Punjab-Haryana which is allegedly blocked by protesting farmers and closed by the Haryana Government.The farmers are protesting in demand of a law guaranteeing MSP, among other things since February. In another PIL pending before the High Court, a Judicial probe committee has submitted an interim report on...
Depriving Father From Meeting Daughter On Account Of Marital Discord Is Cruelty: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that depriving a father from meeting his daughter on account of marital discord amounts to cruelty under Section 13(1) (ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act.While dismissing refusing to interfere in divorce granted on the ground of cruelty, division bench of Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Harsh Bunger said, "that depriving the father of meeting his daughter, by her mother on account of marital discord between the spouses, would constitute an act...
Duty Of Court To Examine Best Interest Of Minor: Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Police Protection For Minor Who 'Refused To Marry Old Man'
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab Police to provide interim protection to a minor girl who was allegedly evicted from her house by her father after she refused to marry an old person.Justice Manisha Batra said, "petitioner No.2 is a minor and has approached the Court, it becomes incumbent upon the Court in its capacity as parens patriae to examine what is best in...
'Shocking, Absolutely Arbitrary': High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Fine On Haryana Govt For Demoting Retired Employee
Finding it "strange and shocking", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 2 lakh on the Haryana Government for asking its employee to pass a typing test after he retired from the post of Lower Division Clerk (LDC). The State demoted him to Chowkidar post-retirement because he failed to pass the "mandatory test."Justice Jasgurpreet Singh said, "The action of the...
'Investigation Status In 124 Cases Unknown For Years': High Courts Flags Haryana Police Inaction, Seeks List Of SPs In Sirsa District Since 2015
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has flagged the inaction of Haryana Superintendents of Police posted in Sirsa district in monitoring the investigation in criminal cases now pending for several years.Justice NS Shekhawat while perusing the record said, "...this Court has reasons to believe that various investigations conducted in District Sirsa in different cases have not been monitored...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Sheel Nagu As Chief Justice Of Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Ministry of Law & Justice today notified the appointment of Justice Sheel Nagu as Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court."In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sheel Nagu, Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, to be the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab...
'Prima-Facie Contempt': Punjab & Haryana High Court On Bar Association President's Call For Strike Till Cancellation Of FIR Against Him
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that the action of High Court Bar Association President Vikas Malik, to call for suspension of work till the cancellation of FIR lodged against him, constitutes prima facie contempt.Malik, who handed over his charge to Bar Association's Vice-President today, allegedly assaulted a lawyer in the Court premises on July 01. An FIR was filed against...
'Judges Do Commit Mistakes, Healthy Criticism Welcome': Punjab & Haryana HC Drops Contempt Charge Against Man For Pleadings Against Judge
The Punjab and Haryana High Court while observing that "judges are not super humans and do commit mistakes" has set aside the suo moto criminal contempt case initiated against a man who made pleadings against a Judicial Magistrate.The man had alleged that the Magistrate is not inclined to pass an order but is only inclined to give adjournments. However, it was found that the adjournments...
Accused Need Not Be Heard Before Directing CBI Investigation: Punjab & Haryana High Court
Observing that "the accused need not be heard" before passing an order for CBI investigation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the central agency to probe a multi-crore fraud case in Punjab.Justice Jasjit Bedi perusing a conspectus of precedents observed, "...this Court can order an investigation by the CBI even after a report under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. is submitted and...
In A First, Punjab & Haryana High Court Interprets Provision Of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has passed its first order interpreting a provision of the newly enforced Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).BNSS, along with Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam came into effect from July 1, 2024. Not soon thereafter, on July 2, the High Court was faced with the dilemma whether a criminal revision petition filed before it...
Breast Feeding Child Has Fundamental Right To Mother's Love: Punjab & Haryana HC Directs In-Laws To Handover 8 Months Old's Interim Custody
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the in-laws of a woman to handover to her the interim-custody of her 8-months-old and 2-years-old daughters.Justice Kuldeep Tiwari observed that the breastfeeding infant cannot be deprived of her fundamental right to get mother's love and care."In the instant case, one of the petitioner's minor daughters, who is aged about 08 months, is...