Category: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Keep proceedings of counselling sealed: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that the proceedings of counselling for the NRI seats for admission to the MBBS course at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, be kept in a sealed cover. The direction by the Bench of Justice Rajan Gupta and Justice Karamjit Singh came on

Parents’ maintenance plea before SDM or tribunal? High Court to decide

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, November 4 Can a Subdivisional Magistrate (SDM) in Haryana entertain an application filed by parents under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act in his individual capacity instead of a duly constituted maintenance tribunal as envisaged under rules? This vital question of law has come under the judicial

Punjab is losing water on the plans of Delhi to tackle pollution, farmers said – we are forced to burn stubble

Source:-https://pledgetimes.com In Delhi-NCR these days the haze has once again sparked debate about all kinds of pollution. In the midst of the day-to-day pollution taking place in the capital and surrounding areas, the process of stubble burning in Punjab is still going on and the farmers here are busy pouring water on the Delhi government’s

Punjab and Haryana High Court: “Freedom of speech does not mean that one can go to the extent of making wild and malicious allegations”

Source:-https://www.theindianwire.com Recently, the Punjab and Haryana High Court made important observations on the boundaries of permissible free speech while denying preliminary bail to a YouTuber accused of uploading defamatory material against a retired military officer in the rank of Indian Army Major on his channel ‘Saabka Sainik Sangharsh Committee’.Though refusing the bail plea, Justice HS

Dentist says Chandigarh cops filed FIR against him at Asthana’s behest, HC seeks affidavit

Source:-https://theprint.in Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Director General of Police (DGP), Chandigarh, to file an affidavit following allegations that the police registered FIRs against a city-based dentist at the behest of former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana. In his petition in the high court filed through senior advocate Randeep Singh

‘Legality of acquisition proceedings cannot be challenged once possession has been taken’

Source:-https://indianexpress.com THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court, while interpreting the provision of Section 101-A of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013, has held that “once the possession of land has been taken, the land has vested in the State and the land owner or whosoever has

Panchkula schools directed to designate separate entry, exit gates.

Source:- hindustantimes.com Deputy commissioner (D.C) Mukesh Kumar Ahuja on Friday directed all schools in the district to have separate gates for the entry and exit of students, along with an emergency gate. The DC, who was chairing a meeting of the representatives of government and private schools at Mini Secretariat in Sector 1, said, “All

SC fines Bengal over rural court lapse.

Source:- telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on seven states, including Bengal, for failing to file their response on setting up “Gram Nyayalayas” to take the administration of justice to the doorsteps of people. The other states to be fined are Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Odisha, Punjab and

2011 rape case: HC allows Chandigarh Police to proceed as per law to restrain accused’s family from leaving country.

Source – indianexpress.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has, in a rape cause from Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, permitted Chandigarh Police to make a request to the appropriate agency or a competent court to restrain a rape accused’s family from leaving the country. The accused, Sukhminder Singh, has been absconding since 2012 and police fear that if his