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TopicPunjab and Haryana High Court

Topic: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Senior Citizens Act cannot be used as weapon in a marital feud, says Punjab and Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana HC dismisses appeal by 70-year-old woman, saying law meant to protect the elderly from neglect by their children was used to push out estranged daughter-in-law.

Justice Mishra appointed Chief Justice despite Punjab’s objection. What Constitution, collegium rules say

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann skipped the oath-taking ceremony of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra on Monday, while his Haryana counterpart Nayab Singh Saini attended the event.

Punjab’s AAP govt mum on Ashwani Mishra as SC collegium’s pick for High Court Chief Justice

Centre expected to write to Punjab govt, urging it to expedite the process, but may proceed with the appointment anyway, ThePrint has learnt.

Rape convict Ram Rahim walks out of jail again on 21-day furlough. 3rd release this year, 17th in 9 yrs

Ram Rahim spent 40 days out on parole in January and another 30 days in May, returning to jail on 25 June. Barely two months since, he is out again.

90% burns, but no accusation: Why HC fell back on dying woman’s words to acquit husband after 28 yrs

Trial court had relied on a contested suicide note to convict the man on the dowry complaint lodged by his father-in-law.

Prison & punishment: Why HC quoted Roman jurist Ulpian as it freed realtor in stringent PMLA case

Section 45 of PMLA sets a famously high bar for bail—courts must be satisfied there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty & unlikely to offend again while on bail.

Wife’s maintenance claim can’t be defeated by man’s charge of disputed earlier marriage—HC

Punjab and Haryana HC says Savitaben Bhatiya precedent can’t be applied mechanically, leans on SC ruling to hold that years of cohabitation cannot be brushed aside on technicality.

Younger the child, crueller the act, longer the sentence. HC’s formula for punishment in POCSO cases

Punjab & Haryana HC has ordered that man convicted of raping and murdering 7-year-old girl in Kaithal not walk free, if at all, before he turns roughly 73, ‘till the sunset of his virility’.

‘Quit drinking’: HC grants bail to man accused of assaulting pregnant wife for refusing sex determination

According to FIR, he grabbed his wife by the hair, banged her head against a wall, punched, kicked her, and allegedly caused injuries on her forearms with knife or vegetable cutter. 

2018 Panipat minor rape-murder: HC sets aside death penalty, orders retrial over botched probe & trial

HC finds investigators did not send forensic report that found semen on vaginal swabs to doctors, accused not properly questioned on key evidence. In a 1st, HC embeds hyperlinks of all 35 citations.

On Camera

India’s defence atmanirbharta needs a dose of realism—and a lot more drones

One of the issues in the last decade is that the government has not found it possible to provide generous defence budgets, despite the deteriorating security situation.

India’s key money market gets unusually quiet at the start of trade

Typically, a lot of transactions happen in the first hour as lenders borrow funds to meet regulatory requirements and cover short-term cash shortages.

What is Dive-LD, America’s ‘most modern submersible’ that Iran claims to have captured near Hormuz

Pentagon says underwater drone was disabled after it malfunctioned over a day before the Iranian announcement and that the incident cannot be characterised as a military capture.

20% ethanol, 80% anger: BJP’s core voter is furious and looking for answers

While EBP may be a great idea, it needed 3-4 years of preparation. Now, with the festive season upon us, we have surging prices and a sugar shortage. To top it off, we’re bleeding foreign exchange.