Hearing a PIL alleging denial of access to justice, Bench says it trusts the issue will be resolved amicably at the Bar level without requiring judicial intervention
Hearing a PIL alleging denial of access to justice, Bench says it trusts the issue will be resolved amicably at the Bar level without requiring judicial intervention
Seeks reforms in prosecution system
The Bench made it clear that such a mechanism would better equip authorities to protect environmental interests
Fixing July 22 as the next date of hearing, Justice Pankaj Jain warned that Secretary, Local Bodies, would remain present in person if the affidavit was not filed before the next date
Petitioners challenge allotment order on the ground that a large number of flats reserved for EWS/BPL category were allotted in a manner that violated fairness
The Bench, at the same time, asserted that every court was duty-bound to deal with urgent matters as expeditiously as possible
The development assumes significance as Punjab has 23 and Haryana 22 sessions divisions, each headed by a District and Sessions Judge and comprising several sub-divisional court
According to Member Secretary (In-charge), Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Jagdeep Kaur Virk, as many as 175 Lok Adalat Benches were constituted across all districts and sub-divisions of Punjab
Launch of monsoon-long plantation drive across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh by CJI Surya Kant may, on the face of it, appear to be symbolic environmental initiative
First phase, from July 18 to July 31, to focus on institutional preparedness, capacity building, district mapping and identification of vulnerable areas and affected individuals
Monsoon plantation campaign aims to plant lakhs of saplings; CJI says protecting nature is a constitutional duty and moral responsibility
PIL withdrawn following questions regarding its 'public cause and locus'
The court says ‘traitor’ tag, protests don’t ipso facto establish threat
Seeks status report on July 20
Opposing the petition, the Chandigarh Administration submitted that the impugned orders were neither illegal nor irregular
The PIL alleges squandering of public funds released towards the Post-Matric Scholarships (PMS-SC) launched by the Government of India
The order came on a petition filed by 28 newly elected corporators seeking directions for the expeditious conduct of elections to the 3 posts
Petitioners were seeking quashing of the revised final result dated May 28
The direction came as Justice Namit Kumar held that retirement benefits were a valuable statutory right and not a matter of grace
Acquits rape convict on benefit of doubt; expunges trial court’s adverse remarks against investigating police officials
Division Bench directs the Deputy Commissioner to discharge the duties of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor with assistance of newly elected councils
‘A citizen cannot be permitted to jeopardise the lives of his dependent children by entering into such personal adventure,’ says court
HC dismisses a writ petition filed by the second wife of a Haryana Education Department employee
After granting a convict eight weeks' parole to care for his son suffering from spina bifida, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directs the DC to assess the family's financial capacity so that the child receives proper treatment, if required
Bench issues notice of motion for July 14, directs Punjab government to produce entire proceedings, including the videography, of the July 8 meeting
The petition will now come up for further hearing on July 20
Division Bench directs the State of Punjab to file an affidavit of the Deputy Commissioner concerned with regard to the allegations contained in the newspaper report and the steps taken in the matter
The dog died on the night of May 7/8, 2007, after not being fed for 3 days, resulting in gas filling the stomach and causing congestive heart failure
On lines of judicial campuses functioning in Uttar Pradesh
Justice Surya Kant says every reform initiative must strengthen public confidence in the justice delivery system and keep justice accessible to every citizen