More than a month after the Punjab and Haryana High Court asserted that the non-examination of the witnesses was a perpetual problem before calling for “some mechanism” to ensure their timely examination in criminal trials, the Bench has found fault with an affidavit submitted in the mat
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the closure of the HMT tractor division at Pinjore after holding that the “appropriate” or the Union Government accorded its approval after following the due process prescribed under the Industrial Disputes Act.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has virtually banned the use of coloured lights by vegetable and fruit vendors in the city. Justice Rajbir Sehrawat of the High Court has directed that only “white” light would be used before asking the UT Administration to step in.
Blemished Investigation With Political Maneuvering : Punjab & Haryana High Orders Re-Investigation In Kotkapura Firing Case livelaw.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from livelaw.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Saurabh Malik
Chandigarh, April 23
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has not only given former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal a clean chit in the Kotkapura firing case, but also ruled that the conclusion of police firing being unprovoked was against the record. The Bench also ruled that IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh indulged political maneuvering and misused his official position
In his 89-page judgment release on Friday, Justice Rajbir Sehrawat ruled conversation between a Chief Minister with the district administration or the State DGP during disturbed law and order situation was not sufficient to infer conspiracy to kill or injure anybody through police firing upon the protestors, unless some other material was collected by the investigating officer to establish prior meeting of minds for conspiracy and directly linking the CM to it.