₹1 Lakh Cost Imposed on Punjab Govt for Service Rule Violation and Unnecessary Lengthy Affidavit: Punjab and Haryana High Court
In a sharp judgment delivered by the Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chief Justice Sheel Nagu came down heavily on the Punjab Government for blatantly violating service rules and misusing the judicial process in a case involving a Public Works Department (PWD) officer. The Court quashed a chargesheet issued 11 years after the alleged incident and imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh on the State, to be recovered from the…
