Jail Is Not Rule In All Economic Offences, No Bar On Granting Bail When Allegations Not Grave: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Observing that jail should not be the norm in all economic offences, especially when the allegations are not of a grave nature, the Punjab & Haryana High Court recently granted relief in a tax evasion case.Justice Manisha Batra said, "it is not advisable to categorize all the economic offences into one group and deny bail on that basis. While considering the question of grant of bail,...

Sowing Agriculture Crop No Ground For Interim Bail, Even If Allowed Who Will Look After It? Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court denied the plea for interim bail of four weeks in an attempt to murder case, which was sought by the accused for the purpose of sowing agriculture crop for the the upcoming season.Justice Anoop Chitkara said, "without commenting upon powers of this Court to grant bail, this Court is not inclined to grant interim bail to the applicant on the ground mentioned...

Street Vendors Can't Be Labelled As Encroachers, Municipal Authority Collecting Fee From Them Should Give Social Security: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that street vendors cannot simply be evicted on account of not having vending certificates and recommended the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to provide social security schemes.Finding the plea–seeking removal of street vendors–to be motivated the court dismissed it with cost of Rs 50,000 on the petitioners. A division bench of...

P&H High Court Senior Advocates' Association Honours Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma & Anil Kshetarpal On Proposed Transfer

The Punjab & Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association on Thursday (May 29) felicitated Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Anil Kshetarpal on their recent proposed transfers recommeded by the Supreme Court collegium. Justices Sharma and Kshetarpal were recently recommended for transfer by the Supreme Court Collegium. Justice Sharma has recommended to be transferred to his...

'We're A Country Where Clerks Become Chief Justices, Tribal Lady Becomes President': P&H High Court On Elites Belittling Small Businesses

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has frowned upon the "elite class" still following the Britishers and looking down upon their own countrymen doing small businesses.A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta said that we're a country of homogenous population where "a Tribal lady of a remote village can now be the President of India, and a worker from...

Anticipatory Bail Can Be Filed From Abroad But Accused Must Come To India Before Final Hearing: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that although "an application for pre-arrest bail can be filed even by a person residing outside the country, however, the only limitation is that prior to the final hearing, the applicant must be inside the country" to enable the Court to impose and enforce bail conditions.Justice Namit Kumar in his order observed, "a person sitting on an armchair in...

Forfeiting 10 Increments For Police Officer Being Absent From Duty For One Day 'Disproportionate': P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that forfeiting 10 annual increments of a police officer for being absent from duty for one day is disproportionate to the misconduct.Justice Jagmohan Bansal said, "by no means or reasons, awarded punishment can be called proportionate to alleged misconduct. The absence was only of one day and it was not case of respondent that petitioner...

High Court Permits Re-Evaluation Of Punjab Civil Judge Aspirant's Answer Sheet By Expert Panel

The Punjab & Haryana High Court while allowing a Punjab Civil Judge 2016 candidate's plea for re-evaluation of a question in English paper, said that when impugned evaluation if found to be wholly erroneous it must be send to another expert panel.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel said:"preferable & legally tenable course, when the impugned evaluation...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Puts In 'Abeyance' Stay On PMLA Case Against M3M Director Till July 30

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has put Trial Court's stay on proceeding in Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) case against M3M Company director Roop Bansal and other accused in abeyance.According to Enforcement Directorate (ED) Roop Bansal and 51 others were involved in money laundering and committed offence under Section 3 and 4 of the PMLA Act. The Trial of the case is...

P&H High Court Issues Directions To Curb 'Gang Culture'; Says FIRs Should Not Be Made Public To Protect Complainants

Observing that "it is baffling to see that in spite of the widespread nature of this malady, no legislative framework to combat the same," the Punjab & Haryana High Court issued slew of directions to Governments of both the states to deal with gangster related activities and organised crime.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar in his order said, "Uploading a copy of the FIR on the police portal...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Two Sentenced To Death For Gang Rape And Murder

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted two men who had been convicted and sentenced to death by the Trial Court in 2022 for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl.A bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill and Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi said, "...there is some suspicion regarding the accused having committed the offence. However, the chain of circumstantial evidence available on record...

P&H High Court Sets Deadline For Concluding Disciplinary Action Against Judges

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the High Court to ensure that all disciplinary enquiry against judges are completed within 6 months and 25 days.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice H.S. Grewal said, "The High Court is requested to ensure that in all, ongoing and as well as disciplinary inquiries to be initiated in the future, the following time line (6 months and 25 days) be...