Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 20, 2025
Nominal IndexParkash Singh Marwah v. State of UT Chandigarh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 483BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 484Pawan Kumar v. State of U.T. Chandigarh2025 LiveLaw (PH) 485Ashok Kumar Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation, Chandigarh 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 486XXXX v. XXXX 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 487Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others 2025 LiveLaw...
Nominal Index
Parkash Singh Marwah v. State of UT Chandigarh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 483
BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 484
Pawan Kumar v. State of U.T. Chandigarh2025 LiveLaw (PH) 485
Ashok Kumar Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation, Chandigarh 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 486
XXXX v. XXXX 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 487
Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 488
Title: Parkash Singh Marwah v. State of UT Chandigarh & Ors.
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 483
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered against an advocate who was accused of impersonating a Judicial Magistrate and obstructing police officials during a traffic check in Chandigarh.
Justice Surya Pratap Singh noted, "there are very specific, categorical and prominent allegations against the petitioner that when two police officers were discharging their duty at the intersection of Sectors 45/46/49/50 the petitioner violated traffic rules, and when he was asked to show his driving licence, instead of showing his driving licence firstly, he tried to overawe the police officers by projecting himself to be a Judicial Magistrate and when he failed in doing so, and the police officers continued to insist for his driving licence, he drove away from the spot against the instructions of police officers, and thus, he committed the above mentioned offence."
Title: BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 484
Emphasising that the right to be free from disability-based discrimination, as enshrined in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, must be regarded with the same seriousness and protection as a fundamental right—ensuring that no employee is excluded from consideration solely on the basis of disability—the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the Haryana Government to grant retrospective promotions with consequential benefits to a visually impaired Forest Department employee under the statutory disability quota.
Title: Pawan Kumar v. State of U.T. Chandigarh
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 485
While the Punjab & Haryana Hig Court affirmed the findings of guilt recorded by the Trial Court and the Appellate Court against a Truck Driver for rash and negligent driving, it modified the order on sentence, reducing the substantive imprisonment to the period already undergone, considering long passage of time and mitigating circumstances.
Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said, "I find that the protracted criminal trial and the consequent agony faced by the petitioner, the actual sentence, out of total sentence, already undergone by the petitioner, the reformative tendency shown by the petitioner by not indulging in any other offence as well as the legal principles reproduced above are sufficient mitigating circumstances to reduce the quantum of sentence awarded to the petitioner."
Title: Ashok Kumar Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation, Chandigarh
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 486
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that when a seized vehicle has played only an ancillary or incidental role in the alleged offence, the conditions imposed for its release on superdari must be carefully calibrated and cannot be punitive in nature.
Emphasising the principle of proportionality, the Court held that the primary purpose of a superdari bond is merely to secure the production of the property before the Court as and when required, and not to operate as an indemnity equivalent to the vehicle's full market value.
Title: XXXX v. XXXX
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 487
While refusing to enhance maintenance granted to a wife, the Punjab & Haryana High Court directed her to use 10% of the maintenance being received by her for skill development. The bench reasoned that object of maintenance is not limited to mere subsistence but extends to enabling long-term dignity and self-reliance.
Justice Alok Jain said, "the petitioner is required to enhance her capabilities and stature in life so as to become self-reliant, only then it would reflect that the true intent of the maintenance legislation has been fulfilled and the maintenance awarded is being utilized in its correct perspective. Therefore, this Court considered it appropriate to direct the petitioner, that out of the maintenance amount of Rs. 15,000/- awarded to her, she must utilize at least 10% thereof, for improving her vocational skills."
Title: Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 488
The Punjab & Haryana High Court today said that the plea filed by MP Amritpal Singh seeking parole to attend the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament has become “virtually infructuous”, as tomorrow is the last day of the session and the arguments could not be completed in time due to abstention from work by lawyers.
Amritpal Singh, a sitting Member of Parliament, had approached the High Court challenging State's refusal to grant him parole to attend the Parliament.
Other Developments
Title: Court on its own motion v. State of Haryana
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged assault on an advocate, Amit, by Haryana Police personnel in plainclothes in Chandigarh neighbouring Nayagaon, Punjab on November 30.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association had resolved to go on strike from December 15 due to the undue delay in the lodging of FIR.
Title: Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others
Jailed Member of Parliament Amritpal Singh appeared in person on VC before the Punjab and Haryana High Court to argue his petition seeking parole to attend the Winter session of Parliament, as lawyers were disrupted due to a lawyers' strike.
Amritpal Singh, a sitting Member of Parliament, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the State's refusal to grant him parole to attend the Winter Session of Parliament.
Punjab & Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association Elects Office Bearers For 2025-26
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association, Chandigarh, on Tuesday, unanimously elected its office bearers for the term 2025–26.
Senior Advocate Atul Lakhanpal has been elected as the President of the Association. Senior Advocate Vikas Chatrath was elected as Vice President, while Senior Advocate Chanchal K. Singla was elected as Secretary, who is also Additional Advocate General of Punjab and former Secretary of the High Court Bar Association. Senior Advocate Sunil Kumar Nehra has been elected as the Treasurer.
SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Two Judicial Officers To Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium on December 16, 2025 approved the proposal for appointment of two judicial officers as Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
As per the decision taken in the Collegium meeting, Shri Ramesh Chander Dimri and Ms. Neerja Kulwant Kalson have been cleared for elevation to the High Court.
The Punjab Government submitted today before the Punjab & Haryana High Court that an FIR has been registered against unknown persons in a case where Haryana Police allegedly assaulted a lawyer in Punjab.
The High Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged assault on an advocate, Amit, by Haryana Police personnel in plainclothes in Chandigarh neighbouring Nayagaon, Punjab on November 30.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has called for continued abstention from work across district courts of Punjab and Haryana, reiterating its demand for stringent action against Haryana Police officials allegedly involved in the assault of a lawyer.
The Punjab Government today in a suo moto cognizance taken by the High Court submitted before the High Court that an FIR has been registered against unknown persons in a case where Haryana Police allegedly assaulted a lawyer in Punjab.