Criminal case

Appointment of Lambardar – Summoning in a criminal complaint for a cognizable offence in which the police did not take any action cannot be considered to be an incident serious enough to ignore the claim -- If any conviction is recorded, the revenue authorities would surely take into account the said fact. Ran Singh v. State of Punjab & others, 2011(1) L.A.R. 157 (P&H).

Dismissal of Lambardar – Acquittal in appeal – Effect of -- A person involved in a case u/s 302 IPC cannot command any respect from public as, surely, the public cannot have confidence and rely on him -- Surely, a person who has been tried for an offence as serious as u/s 302 IPC, cannot serve the purpose of the post held by him as he would be looked upon with suspicion -- Order, dismissing the Lambardar, was not required to be reviewed, even though he has been acquitted. Dharam Pal v. Financial Commissioner, Haryana & others, 2011(1) L.A.R. 418 (P&H).

Suspension of Panch/Sarpanch -- It is not for the authorities under the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, to give an opinion on the merit of the criminal case, registered against the person –Registration of case involving serious offences, itself is a ground for suspension of Panch/Sarpanch -- Once it is not disputed that the petitioner was facing trial under Sections 307, 324, 341 and 348 IPC, no error has been committed by the authorities in suspending the petitioner in exercise of jurisdiction under Section 20(3) of the Act. Tejbalkar Singh v. State of Punjab and others, 2011(1) L.A.R. 181 (P&H).