UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT ISSUES JUDGMENT ON JASPAL SINGH V/S STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS CASE

NAINITAL, India, April 30 -- Uttarakhand High Court issued the following judgment on April 15:

IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHASH UPADHYAY

15TH APRIL, 2026

WRIT PETITION (M/B) No. 257 OF 2026

Jaspal Singh Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others. Respondents

Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Balvinder Singh, learned counsel.

Counsel for the respondents : Sri R.S. Bisht, learned Deputy Advocate General with Sri B.S. Parihar, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State.

JUDGMENT : (Per Sri Manoj Kumar Gupta, C.J

1. The petitioner is aggrieved by order dated 24.05.2025 passed by respondent No. 2 by which penalty for illegal m...