Quashing proceedings under Section 174-A IPC is justified where the initial declaration as a proclaimed offender stemmed from a Section

A single-judge decision of the Punjab & Haryana High Court reaffirms that contempt petitions become infructuous when the respondent authority

The High Court clarifies that contempt is not maintainable in respect of old orders when certain procedural and factual barriers

The court held that mere failure to communicate an order or action taken, without willful disobedience, does not constitute contempt

A High Court judgment affirms that once an application (for production of a voice sample in civil litigation) is dismissed

The judgment clarifies that families of deceased bachelors are entitled to “loss of consortium” and revised sums under conventional heads

A High Court judgment clarifies that failure to specify khasra numbers does not defeat cogent documentary and oral evidence, including

The court reaffirmed that, upon a petitioner’s request highlighting inadvertent errors and missing documents, withdrawal of a writ petition under

Withdrawal of a quashing petition was permitted with express liberty to re-approach upon filing of a final police report under

The Punjab & Haryana High Court reaffirmed that, even after confirming the conviction for rash and negligent driving under Section

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana reaffirmed that criminal proceedings arising out of private disputes can be quashed under

The High Court clarifies that mere nomination of an accused solely on the basis of a co-accused’s disclosure statement is