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Justice Deepinder Singh Nalwa set aside a Trial Court order dismissing a 72-year-old arthritis patient's application to record evidence via video conferencing, citing Rule 8.15 of the High Court's own Video Conferencing Rules.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a criminal revision against conviction under Sections 279, 337 and 338 IPC, refusing sentence reduction to a school bus driver whose reckless driving overturned the bus and injured several children and teachers.
Justice Mandeep Pannu set aside concurrent convictions under Section 380 and 201 IPC, holding that a missing judicial file and the accused's presence in court raised suspicion but fell short of proof beyond reasonable doubt.
Justice Sumeet Goel rejected pre-arrest bail for an accused named in an FIR alleging cheating and human smuggling, holding custodial interrogation necessary to unravel the broader conspiracy.
Without any finding of connivance or wilful default by the sureties, the District Magistrate could not mechanically recover the entire Rs 2,00,000 surety bond amount, Justice Manisha Batra held.
Justice Vikas Suri upheld concurrent findings restoring possession of a Ludhiana house to the legatee under a registered Will, rejecting the intestate succession argument raised by the dispossessing defendants.
The High Court held that non-recovery of a railway ticket cannot alone deny compensation, and that a cancelled murder FIR cannot substitute for evidence of accidental death.
Justice Mandeep Pannu set aside a seven-year conviction under Section 304-B IPC, holding that the deceased's own dying declaration and a chain of circumstances created reasonable doubt.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed HPSC's mid-process order fixing interview cut-offs for 189 teaching faculty posts, holding it an unlawful change to the rules of the game.
Justice Sumeet Goel granted interim bail to an undertrial held for over 18 months under the NDPS Act and directed Haryana's DGP to appear personally to explain why police witnesses repeatedly defy trial court warrants.
The court held that Rule 9 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 does not permit a fresh inquiry once an Inquiry Officer has submitted findings of exoneration.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court held that a paid-parking licence granted by the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is a lease attracting stamp duty, but the Collector under Section 31 cannot impose penalty or direct recovery.
The Division Bench cited over four years of incarceration, the bail granted to main accused Baba Rampal, and completion of examination of 49 material witnesses to set aside the trial court's refusal.
A Division Bench set aside a 12-year sentence, holding that a dying declaration recorded by an unauthorised police officer, riddled with time contradictions and unsupported by both key witnesses, could not safely ground conviction.
Justice Vikram Aggarwal has asked Chandigarh to file an affidavit and required parties to address the maintainability of a quashing petition after the petitioner's anticipatory bail was already rejected.
Justice Mandeep Pannu dismissed a husband's revision after the Family Court, Fatehabad awarded maintenance to his wife and minor son, ruling that an alleged void marriage cannot automatically bar Section 125 Cr.P.C. claims.
The High Court dismissed the appeal of a dera head convicted under Section 376 IPC, held the victim's solitary testimony credible, and awarded Rs 6 lakh compensation after over two decades.
Upholding conviction on all counts, the High Court commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment with a mandatory 50-year minimum and enhanced fines directed as compensation to the victim's family.
The Division Bench found that co-accused who supplied the flag, cans and money had already secured bail, making continued detention of the slogan-painter difficult to sustain under UAPA.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a Railway Claims Tribunal order and held that a passenger who jumped from a moving train amid a fire rumour died in an untoward incident under Section 124-A of the Railways Act.
Justice Sumeet Goel held that the Section 45 PMLA proviso lifts the twin conditions for women accused but does not confer automatic bail, then granted bail on the facts.
Justice Manisha Batra dismissed the second bail petition of DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, arrested by CBI in a bribery trap, citing witness tampering risk and recorded conversations.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the Union of India's challenge, holding that a soldier who died of cardiac arrest on the first day of casual leave was still in service and entitled his widow to special family pension.
Justice Manisha Batra granted bail to Karambir @ Karmu, accused of facilitating arms and harbouring killers in a 2022 double murder, citing the limited and indirect role ascribed to him and the remote prospect of an early trial.
