The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of total 16 judges in four High Courts of the country, including the Bombay High Court, the Orissa High Court, the Punjab & Haryana High Court, and the Gujarat High Court.
Petitioner Jaswant Brar has filed the petition in Punjab and Haryana High Court for appointment of a warrant officer to produce Sadhu Singh who has been illegally detained by Private Respondents and to hand over his custody to the Petitioner for his medical treatment and to save his life.
Supreme Court two-judge bench has upheld the order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which in turn had held that if no offence is made out under SC/ST act, the same does not preclude the high court in granting the concession of anticipatory bail under Section 438/482 CrPC.
The mere fact that a petitioner girl is not of marriageable age would not deprive her of her fundamental right, noted the Punjab and Haryana High Court, while hearing a criminal writ petition filed by a minor girl