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AMRINDER PAL SINGH ...PETITIONER Vs.
STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENTS D.D
14/12/2022
Criminal Procedure - Alteration and Addition of Charges - Power of Court - Petition challenging the trial court's order allowing the prosecution's application for amending the charge sheet - Held, the trial court has the power to alter or add charges at any time before the judgment is pronounced, but this power should not be used to create a totally new case - Amendment of charge sheet mus...
(2)
M/S. G.D. GOENKA SCHOOL ...APPELLANT
M/S. G.D. GOENKA SCHOOL ...APPELLANT Vs.
PARVEEN SINGH SHEKHAWAT AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS
AJAY SINGH SHEKHAWAT AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS D.D
14/12/2022
Unaided Educational Institutions - Disciplinary Procedures - Judicial Review - Employment Termination
Unaided Educational Institutions - Disciplinary Procedures – Letters patent appeals concerning termination of employees from an unaided educational institution – Held: The Haryana School Education Rules, 2003, provide a detailed disciplinary procedure for unaided education...
(3)
KARAMJIT SINGH GILL ...PETITIONER Vs.
STATE OF PUNJAB ...RESPONDENT D.D
13/12/2022
Criminal Procedure - Regular Bail - Section 153-A IPC - Petition for regular bail under Section 439 Cr.P.C. - Accused allegedly wore a T-shirt with a picture of Jagdish Tytler and words "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BELOVED GOD FATHER" - Held, mere wearing of such a T-shirt does not constitute an incriminating material or provocative act under Section 153-A IPC - No prima facie case made out - ...
(4)
STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ... APPELLANTS Vs.
JOGINDER AND OTHERS ... RESPONDENTS D.D
13/12/2022
Constitutional Law - Equality before Law - Letters Patent Appeal - Appointment of Conductors - Article 14 of the Constitution of India - Petitioners were higher in merit than others who were appointed - Held, it is iniquitous to deny relief to the writ petitioners when similar relief was granted to other candidates lower in merit. The State did not have a license to act in an arbitrary manner. The...
(5)
NEELAM RANI …PETITIONER Vs.
GAURAV MADAAN AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS D.D
13/12/2022
Civil Procedure – Ex-parte Decree – Service of Summons – Revision Petition – Application under Order IX Rule 13 CPC dismissed – Ex-parte decree in suit for recovery – Service not proved – Reports by Process Server not witnessed by any independent person – Court failed to record satisfaction regarding service – Opportunity to lead evidence shoul...
(6)
ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHERS ...APPELLANTS Vs.
STATE OF PUNJAB ...RESPONDENT D.D
12/12/2022
Criminal Law - Murder - Last Seen Theory - Appeal against conviction - Appellants convicted of murder based on the last seen theory, corroborative evidence from fingerprints, foot track moulds, and DNA matches - Held, last seen theory gains immense vigor when corroborated by credible witness testimony and expert reports - Conviction upheld. [Paras 10-12, 27, 31]
Identification and Cor...
(7)
TINKU @ GAGANDEEP VERMA ...APPELLANT Vs.
STATE OF HARYANA ...RESPONDENT D.D
12/12/2022
Criminal Law - Common Object - Group Armed with Weapons - Appeals against conviction under Sections 148, 307, 307/149, 323, 323/149, 324, and 324/149 IPC - Group armed with weapons causing injuries - Medical evidence supported multiple injuries - Common object inferred from prior assembly and armed presence - Conviction upheld, but some appellants given benefit of the doubt due to lack of specific...
(8)
KAMAL PREET SINGH ...PETITIONER Vs.
UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS D.D
12/12/2022
Right to Travel Abroad - Issuance of LOC - Writ petition challenging the LOC issued against the petitioner by the Bureau of Immigration at the instance of UCO Bank - Held, right to travel abroad flows from Article 21 of the Constitution, and a high threshold is required to deny this right - LOC cannot be issued merely on the grounds of being a willful defaulter without any cognizable offence - Pet...
(9)
NAR SINGH ...PETITIONER Vs.
STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER ...RESPONDENTS D.D
12/12/2022
Criminal Procedure - Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act - Amendment and Cognizance - Petition against the summoning order issued by Chief Judicial Magistrate under Section 3(1)(x) of the Act - Held, the amendment to the Act effective from 26.01.2016 confers additional powers to the Special Court to take cognizance directly - Pre-amendment provisions applicable to ...