Punjab and Haryana High Court
'Police Joined Hands With Rape Accused', Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Dy Commissioner To Personally Visit Minor Victim, Ensure Facilities
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has expressed shock at the helplessness of a minor victim of sexual assault, raped by multiple accused for financial gains at different places.Justice N.S Shekhawat directed the concerned Deputy Commissioner of Police "to personally visit the victim of the crime in the present case and to file a detailed report with regard to her status."The Deputy...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs States To Form SOPs For Curbing 'Gangster Culture', Says Judiciary Must Send Strong Message
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Governments of Punjab and Haryana to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to curb gangster culture.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "The judiciary must ensure that those who engage in such nefarious activities face the full brunt of the law, sending a strong message that such criminality will not be tolerated. This will be a step...
Punjab & Haryana HC Stays Order Asking Social Media Platforms To Remove Senior Police Official's Alleged Recording Seeking Sexual Service
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday stayed a Magistrate Court's order asking various social media platforms to remove the alleged viral call recording of a senior Punjab Police Officer, asking for sexual service from a woman.Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul issued notice on the plea challenging the order to remove the URLs, link from various social media platforms and posted the matter...
Police Acting Like Court: Punjab & Haryana HC Slams Haryana Police For Wrong Interpretation Of Law In Corruption Cases, Summons Top Officials
It is strange to note that the police officials are apparently acting like a court of law—releasing case property on superdari and deciding the admissibility of evidence, observed the Punjab and Haryana High Court, while slamming Haryana's Anti-Corruption Bureau for deviating from principles of criminal law.The Court highlighted that the State's Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) by...
'Not On Judicial Side': Punjab & Haryana HC Asks Litigant Seeking Corruption FIR Against Sessions Judge To File Complaint In Registry
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked a woman, appearing in person before it and seeking registration of corruption FIR against a Session Judge, to file a complaint with the HC Registry.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel observed that the matter cannot be entertained on the judicial side."The petitioner who appears in person contends that she is...
'Young Man, Sole Bread Winner': Punjab & Haryana High Court Reduces Sentence In Drugs Case To Time Already Undergone
Taking a lenient view on the conviction in an NDPS case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court reduced the sentence of six months' imprisonment to the period already undergone by the convict.The appellant was convicted under Section 22(b) of the the NDPS Act and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000. He was allegedly found...
Resumption Proceedings Cannot Be Invoked Over Sold Property, Would Violate Article 300A: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that a property which is sold by a registered sale deed cannot be taken back by invocation of resumption proceeding, observing that the same will amount to violation of right to property under Article 300-A.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "the instant invocation of the power of assumption, thus on any purported breach of...
Father Allegedly Detained Child Violating Canadian Court's Order: P&H HC Directs Child's Return To Mother, Says Indian Court Cant Be Misused By Foreigner
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has allowed habeas corpus plea filed by a Canadian woman seeking custody of her child from father who allegedly detained him violating Canadian Court order.Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul remarked, "Indian Courts cannot be reduced to instruments of convenience for litigating foreign nationals seeking to sidestep judicial proceedings in their own jurisdictions....
26 Yrs On, Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Murder Accused; Doubts Police Constable's Testimony
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted a man 26 years after he was accused of murdering the husband of a woman he was in relationship with, by assaulting and throwing the husband on a live railway track.While doing so, a division bench of Justices Gurvinder Singh Gill and Jasjit Singh Bedi also expressed doubt as to the veracity of a Police constable's testimony who claimed that...
Man Allegedly Given Electric Shock In Police Custody, Recorded Naked: P&H HC Seeks Response From SSP, Directs Formation Of Medical Board
Taking note of serious allegation of custodial violence and brutal torture, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought response from Punjab's Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and directed the PGIMER Chandigarh to from a medical board to examine the alleged injuries inflicted by Punjab Police.It was alleged that the a man was illegally detained, subjected to custodial torture,...
Punjab & Haryana HC Sets Aside Enhanced Punishment Imposed On Cop For Alleged Misconduct In Stopping Minor's Bike
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the enhanced punishment imposed on a Punjab Police official for alleged misconduct in stopping a minor boy's vehicle. The boy was found with condoms and later died by suicide after being scolded by his father, who had been called by the police.Justice Jagmohan Bansal said, "the petitioner committed alleged misconduct while discharging his...
'State-Inflicted Injustice': Punjab & Haryana HC Grants ₹3 Lakh Compensation To Man Detained For 9 Months In Excess Of Sentence Imposed
The Punjab & Haryana High Court granted Rs. 3 Lakh compensation to a convict in a drugs case who was kept in custody beyond the sentence imposed, observing that "Such violations are not mere administrative lapses; they are acts of constitutional disregard that demand accountability, redressal, and systemic correction."Turning a blind eye to these injustices would not only embolden...