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
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has a sanctioned strength of 85 Judges (64 Permanent Judges and 21 Additional Judges) which is the common High Court of the Indian state of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India.
The Supreme Court e-Committee released the Draft Vision document for its Phase III. In this regard, Justice Chandrachud addressed various stakeholders, including all Chief Justices of the High courts, and various stakeholders including Legal luminaries, Law schools, IT experts.
The petition in Supreme Court challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court order, which had dismissed the appellant plea, noting that custody period alone cannot be a ground for suspension of sentence.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the petition of a married woman, seeking protection for herself and her live-in partner, stating that the woman entered into an unholy alliance without taking legal divorce and also failed to produce substantial material....
In the Baljit Kaur Boparai case the High Court had directed the Registrar of Marriages that it shall not refuse to register the marriage on the ground that the couple had solemnized their marriage when one of the spouses was less than 21 years of age.