A parent cannot be held guilty of kidnapping his or her own child, held the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently while quashing a complaint accusing a woman of kidnapping her child from the residence of her in-laws.
A family court is not bound by the technicalities of CPC and is also empowered to take into evidence any material whether or not such material fulfills the Indian Evidence Act, held the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court imposed costs of ₹25,000 on the Central government on finding that the government had effectively re-agitated an issue of law that had already been settled earlier by the Supreme Court.
Pertinently, certain protections meant for certain categories of public servants and the armed forces were specifically extended to officers of the Haryana police by a 1980 State government notification.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently summoned two police officials for submitting an affidavit that appeared to have falsely denied a prison inmate's allegation that he was beaten up by the police.