Tag: Punjab and Haryana High Court

‘Don’t Implicate Husband’s Distant Relatives In Cruelty Cases’: Top Court

November 27, 2024 admin

Supreme Court said it has no hesitation in holding there is nothing on record to suggest offences New Delhi: The Supreme Court has cautioned lower courts to ensure that distant relatives of husbands are not unnecessarily implicated in criminal cases filed at the instance of wives, alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian…

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High Court Slams Punjab Government

October 30, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Mafia boss Lawrence Bishnoi’s interview in September 2022 – to a private channel while, supposedly, incarcerated in jail – was red-flagged, again, by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday. The court today reprimanded the Punjab government for failing to follow its August 2024 order, which directed disciplinary action against senior officers…

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Supreme Court Expunges “Scandalous” High Court Order Criticising Its Ruling

August 7, 2024 admin

The Supreme Court of India (File). New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday responded firmly to a challenge to its authority – stressing that compliance with its orders is “not a matter of choice” – and expunged critical remarks made by a single-judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court last month regarding a…

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Protecting Married People Wanting To Live-In With Another Will…: High Court

July 27, 2024 admin

The court said marriage is entering into a relationship that has public significance as well. Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that granting protection to married people who want to be in live-in relationships with their partners would amount to encouraging “wrongdoers” and promoting the practice of bigamy. A bench of Justice…

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High Court Orders Removal Of Barricades At Shambhu Border Within 7 Days

July 10, 2024 admin

Haryana government had set up barricades at the Ambala-New Delhi national highway in February Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered the Haryana government to remove within a week barricades set up at the Shambhu border near Ambala. The Haryana government had set up barricades at the Ambala-New Delhi national highway in February…

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High Court Quashes Socio-Economic Criteria In Haryana Government Jobs

May 31, 2024 admin

According to one of the petitioners, the said socioeconomic criteria is arbitrary. Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Friday held as unconstitutional the socioeconomic criteria prescribed by the Haryana government to grant additional marks to certain classes of candidates in state government jobs, said a counsel of one of the petitioners. “The socioeconomic criteria has…

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Will Withdraw Notification On Dissolution Of Gram Panchayats: Punjab To High Court

August 31, 2023 admin

The Punjab government, through its August 10 notification, had dissolved all gram panchayats. Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it is withdrawing its notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state. The court was hearing a petition by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Gurjeet Singh Talwandi, who…

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