The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) can hear the bail plea of any “child” accused even if the child was now a major. The court ruled that if the accused was a child at the time of arrest then he has full right to be tried by the JJB on bail issues.
The division bench of Justices Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh was considering the grievance of a student who did not apply for NEET 2020 because he had got admission to a school overseas.
The bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and Vineet Saran wants to go into the legal details and also to inspect the constitution of the state committee which looked into this, but the court also assured Kumar that his election would not be affected by the pendency of the matter.
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today held that there can be sub-classification within Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe for granting them reservation, while disagreeing with an earlier judgement of a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to give pre-arrest bail to a woman. The woman had locked some medical and para-medical staff and some members of her team inside a room and had then removed a body from the morgue.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that trial courts have no power to impose the penalty of lifelong imprisonment without remission or parole.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court while dismissing the Writ Petition imposed the exemplary cost of Rs. 1 Lakh to be deposited by the Petitioners in the PM-CARES Fund.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Centre to investigate whether a reconsideration of a ban on the import of used ventilators could be suggested.