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NEW DELHI: The SC slammed the govt for clogging courts with needless appeals and imposed Rs 25,000 cost for challenging a well-reasoned Punjab and Haryana high court order that had quashed the Centre’s decision to terminate a CISF official who helped a couple elope . The official was removed from his job in 2010 on…
File photo: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday acquitted the jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, overturning a life sentence awarded by a CBI court and dealing a blow to the investigating agency.Gurmeet remains lodged…
NEW DELHI: Citing the age-old proverb that ‘No man shall be a judge in his own cause’, Supreme Court has said the same is applicable to a judge also and they cannot pass an order in a case concerning themselves.A railway magistrate had initiated proceedings against railway administration and its officials, issuing a showcause notice…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC denied bail to Gurmukh Singh — son of former Akal Takht jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode — and Gurmej Singh in a narco-terrorism case related to smuggling of arms, explosives (including tiffin bombs), and narcotics from Pakistan via drones to fund terror activities in Punjab and other parts of India.A division…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered that a man convicted of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl remain behind bars for 30 years without remission, holding that his incarceration must continue until he nears loss of “virility” to prevent further sexual crimes.“To save other children and women, the convict must remain within the…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that a character certificate cannot be denied to an Army aspirant solely on the ground that a criminal case is pending, especially when charges have not yet been framed against him. Justice Suvir Sehgal passed the order while allowing a petition by Ramanpreet Singh, who challenged the…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that the authority vested in a criminal court to impose the condition of ‘deposit of passport’ ought not to be exercised in a “rote or automatic manner”, and such bail conditions must not unduly curtail personal liberty.HC was of the view that the condition for depositing one’s…
Bikram Majithia (File photo) CHANDIGARH: Refusing bail to Shiromani Akali Dal veteran Bikram Singh Majithia in a disproportionate assets case, Punjab and Haryana HC said material unearthed so far indicates “serious economic offences” and his release may hamper the probe.“Majithia is one of the prominent political figures of the state… In case he is released…
Farhan Akhtar‘s next ‘120 Bahadur’ was in the news as the film’s title was questioned and a petitioner filed a plea to the court for the change in its name. The petitioner wanted the title changed to ‘120 Vir Ahir’, but the court refused after hearing the matter on Monday, November 17. During the proceedings,…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has refused to hand over the investigation into the suicide of senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar to CBI. “There does not appear any unnecessary delay or laxity in the investigation of the case to date. In view of the above, no case for handing over the case…
