Infrastructure Of District Courts In Punjab & Haryana Not Disabled Friendly, High Court Asks Building Committees To Take Action

From an affidavit filed by the governments of Punjab and Haryana, the High Court has found that the infrastructure in district courts and sub-district courts in the states are not disabled friendly.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Alok Jain observed that, "The charts filed by the State of Punjab as well as State of Haryana reveal that there are several deficiencies in the basic infrastructural requirements to make the District Courts and Sub Divisional Courts in both the States disabled...

High Court Seeks Status Of Forensic Labs Upgradation From Punjab Home Secretary

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought affidavit from Punjab's Home Secretary on action plan for upgradation of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in the region.The development came after the Court while dealing with the bail pleas found that CCTV footage provided by the petitioner could not be examined due to lack of facility at FSL, Punjab, SAS Nagar, Mohali.Justice Sandeep Moudgil said, “the State is directed to file an affidavit of the Home Secretary giving comprehensive...

Identification Of Accused By Eye-Witness Not Known To Him In Court Without Test Identification Parade Not Credible: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted a murder case convict after finding that the prosecution case was not reliable and the testimony of eye-witness was not credible.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma said the the eyewitness account who is unknown to the accused is not credible if he directly identified him in the Court, without prior test identification parade.The Court also said that the witness before his statement to police must have described the key...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Disposes LLM Student's Plea Against Jindal Global University Declaring His Answer-Sheet As 'AI-Generated'

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday disposed of an LLM student's plea challenging the decision of the OP Jindal Global University to declare his submission in an exam as "AI-generated." Kaustubh Shakkarwar, a lawyer by profession had filed the writ petition seeking quashing of the decision of the "unfair means committee" wherein he was failed in the subject as his answer-sheet was declared as "AI generated"Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri, considering that the University has issued...

Custody Needed To Unravel Corruption Racket In Jail: P&H HC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Official Booked For Supplying Mobile Phones To Gangsters

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a Jail Superintendent accused of collecting bribe from gangsters to supply them mobile phones inside the Haryana's Kurukshetra prison and allowed visits of hard core criminal without entry in register. It was alleged that the imprisoned gangsters and hard core criminals hatched Conspiracy to manufacture illicit liquor.The Court rejected the plea that investigation against the Jail Superintendent was lodged without...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Death Row Convict In Former CM's Murder Case To Attend Brother's Last Rites In Custody

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has allowed death row convict in former Punjab CM Beant Singh murder case, Balwant Singh Rajoana to attend the bhog ceremony (last rites) of his brother who recently passed away.Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill said, "it goes without saying that death of a sibling i.e. a real brother would put the entire family in the state of shock and grief and under such circumstances, the petitioner can be extended the benefit of granting permission to attend the bhog...

Plea Of 'No Fault' Or 'Negligence Of Victim' Not Available To Railway Administration: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court awarded a compensation of Rs.4 lakh along with interest @ 9% per annum to a passenger who received injuries due to sudden jolt of a train in 2013, observing that the liability of the "Railway Administration is based on the 'principle of strict liability'."Justice Pankaj Jain said, "Plea of 'no fault of railways' or 'negligence of the victim' is not available...

Lawrence Bishnoi Interview Row | 'Lower Rank Officers Shouldn't Be Scapegoated': Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Action Against Delinquent Officials

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today asked the Punjab Government to take strict action against the delinquent officer of Punjab Police who helped the jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in giving the TV interview from police custody in Kharar's Crime Intelligence Agency (CIA), which tends to glorify crime.The bench of Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and Justice Lapita Banerji orally asked...

High Court Imposes ₹3 Lakh Cost On Haryana Staff Selection Commission For Unjustly Rejecting Woman In Physical Test For Constable Post

The Punjab & Haryana High Court imposed a cost of Rs 3 Lakh on Haryana Staff Selection Commission (Commission) for unjustly denying a woman candidate for the post of Constable.After qualifying the recruitment exam, the candidate was disqualified in physical test because the height was not properly measured and thereafter her claim was unjustly rejected by the Commission "on one pretext or...

Law Is A Noble Profession, Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Relief To Law Student Caught Cheating In Semester Exam

The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to quash the order disqualifying a law student from appearing in any University examination for two years, after he was found cheating during an exam.The Panjab University had caught a BA LLB student of first year with objectionable material during the exam and disqualified him from appearing in any University examination for two years.Justice...

Courts Should Not Adjudicate From 'Ivory Tower': Punjab & Haryana HC On Family Court's Denial Of Interim Maintenance To Wife

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that Courts are mandated to adopt a pragmatic approach by focusing on the substantive financial realities rather than being influenced by the mere formal appearance of employment or income in maintenance proceeding.The Court modified the order of a Family Court wherein, it did not grant any maintenance to wife because she held a position of a...

Law Should Be Shield For Weak, Not Weapon For Strong: Punjab & Haryana HC Chief Justice Sheel Nagu

The Chief Justice Of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Sheel Nagu said that, “Legal literacy is the key that unlocks the doors of justice for all. In a just society, law should be a shield for the weak, not a weapon for the strong.”The judge was speaking at the conference titled "Authorities for Empowering the Marginalized and a Step Towards Social Justice: Achievements and...