Amit Kumar v. State of Hp and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
LPA No.192 of 2023; Amit Kumar vs. State of H.P. & another; CMP No.26215 of 2024; application for early hearing of appeal; punitive transfer order; fresh transfer order left open to State; respondent-writ petitioner completed three years at Bilaspur; interim order by Coordinate Bench; proposed transfer order to be given effect only after next date of hearing; listed 6th March 2025; G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice; Satyen Vaidya, Judge; order dated 09.01.2025.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued on the early-hearing application: it was left open to the State to pass a fresh transfer order (with the expectation that it will not be punitive as earlier done); the proposed transfer order was to be placed on record and given effect only after the next date of hearing; the matter was listed for 6th March, 2025. ¶10