NEW DELHI: Though admitting that Punjab and Haryana HC committed an “egregious error” by reversing the acquittal order of three persons by invoking its revisional jurisdiction, not allowed as per law, and that too without granting them a hearing, SC on Wednesday blamed Haryana govt for the mistake and said the public prosecutor should have…
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court made it clear that it cannot issue any directive compelling the central govt to enact a law mandating all women, without exception, to observe “Karva Chauth” rituals or to penalise those who fail to do so. While dismissing a plea that sought directions to declare Karva Chauth be…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that when a dispute is essentially personal in nature and a genuine compromise has been reached, the high court may intervene to quash criminal proceedings, recognising that continuing these would be unproductive and unjust.HC passed these orders while quashing an FIR registered against a person declared a proclaimed…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that if a soldier is killed by his colleague during duty hours, his family would be entitled to special family pension (SFP), instead of ordinary family pension as the death has a “causal connection with military duty.”A division bench comprising Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma passed…
CHANDIGARH: The controversial head of Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) Sirsa, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to grant him a 21-day furlough so that he can carry out “welfare activities” outside the jail during this period. The DSS head has submitted that an application for furlough has already…
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday acquitted the Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the murder case of former Dera manager Ranjit Singh.Division bench comprising Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra of the HC has passed these orders while allowing an appeal filed by Dera chief against…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court said the assault on a 55-year-old Tarn Taran woman – who was stripped and paraded semi-naked after her son eloped with a woman from the locality and married her, much to the ire of her kin – reminded it of the “Mahabharat-era cheerharan of Draupadi”.“I am reminded of the…
