Punjab and Haryana High Court

The Supreme Court recently issued a notice in a plea filed by a mother alleging rape and murder of her 14 year old daughter who was found hanging in her classroom in Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a plea challenging poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s appointment as former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s adviser in August this year.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed a PIL filed against the appointment of a technical advisor in the Punjab State Agriculture Marketing Board (PSAMB) on contract basis on the ground that a vigilance inquiry regarding disproportionate assets is pending against him.

The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal against a judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court while observing that a document that is void need not be challenged by claiming a declaration as the said plea can be set up and proved even in collateral proceedings.

The PIL has been filed by NGO Ameliorating India alleging that the act of the respondent authorities in conducting the board examinations and charging examination fee on the ground that the same is in violation of the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a divorce petition filed by a couple for the waiver for six months period necessary for their divorce with mutual consent under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (The Act) citing irreconcilable differences. The marriage was not consummated and the couple is living separately from the very third day of their marriage.

The petitions, filed by IPS officers Siddharth Chattopadhyay and Mohammad Mustafa, had challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order of upholding the appointment of Dinkar Gupta.

The PIL in Punjab and Haryana High Court filed by one Kartar Singh further contended that the respondent authorities on the contrary have issued a notification dated 29.09.2020, which according to the petitioner is in violation of RTE Act provisions.

The Supreme Court on Saturday allowed the applications of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Allahabad High Court to transfer of judicial officers/sessions court judges who are dealing with cases of prosecution of MPs or MLAs to other suitable posts.

The Supreme Court has re...