P&H: sets aside proclaimed-person order over defective proclamation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside an order declaring Maninder Singh, also known as Love, a proclaimed person, ruling that a court cannot cure a proclamation issued with less than the required 30 days to appear simply by adjourning the case.
Justice Neerja K. Kalson was considering Singh’s petition challenging an order passed by a Judicial Magistrate First Class in Amritsar. The order arose from a 2020 FIR registered under Section 61 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914.
Singh had been granted bail in 2021 but later failed to appear before the trial court. After notices and...
