LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 15 to June 21, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 193 - 203]ROHIT LALIT v. SOURABH CHABBRA [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 193]Narender Kumar v. State of Haryana & Anr. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 194]Manjit Kaur v. State of Punjab and others [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 195]X AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 196]JITENDER SINGH ALIAS JEETU v. STATE OF HARYANA THROUGH STATION HOUSE OFFICER, POLICE STATION BAHIN,...

Madras High Court Directs Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Govts To Report Steps Taken To Remove Stray Dogs From Public Places

The Madras High Court, on June 22 (Monday), directed the Tamil Nadu government and the Puducherry government to submit a detailed report on the steps taken by them to implement the order of the Supreme Court for removing stray dogs from public places. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan also directed that priority should be given to...

Transfer To Accommodate Another Employee Doesn't Establish Malafide; Employee Can Be Transferred While On Study Leave: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that an employee can be transferred while being on a study leave. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 224]Dismissing a class II employee's appeal, the division bench of Justice Pranay Verma and Justice Jai Kumar Pillai observed;"...this Court unequivocally concludes that there is no law or policy stipulating that a person cannot be transferred while on study...

Bringing SOP For Expediting Prosecution In Crimes Against Women And Children: State Informs Madras High Court

The Tamil Nadu Government, on Monday (June 22), informed the Madras High Court that the state was in the process of bringing in a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to expedite prosecution in cases of crimes against women and children. Appearing before the bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan, Advocate General Vijay Narayan said that the government is...

Kerala High Court Bars Construction Of Commercial Kiosks On Kochi's Queen's Walkway, Cites Pedestrians' Right To Unobstructed Access

The Kerala High Court on Monday (June 22) allowed the plea filed by the Tritvam Apartment Owners Association against the proposed construction of 20 commercial kiosks in the Queen's Walkway. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 339]Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas pronounced that the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA) do not have any right to construct, install or operate commercial kiosks on the...

Bomb Blast In Passenger Train Is An 'Accident' Under Railways Act; Railways Liable To Pay Compensation: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the liability of the Union of India to pay compensation to victims of a bomb blast in a passenger train, holding that such an incident falls within the definition of an “accident” under Section 124 of the Railways Act, 1989. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 204]Justice Pankaj Jain said, "once it has been held that fire or explosion in the train falls within...

Woman Married In MP Can't Rely On Caste Certificate Issued By Native State To Claim Reservation In Public Employment: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a woman can get reservation benefits in her matrimonial State, provided that she applies and receives a caste certificate from the competent authority of the said State. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 223]The bench of Justice Vishal Dhagat further clarified that the caste certificate originally issued to the woman by her native State cannot be used to...

Allahabad HC Acquits Rape Accused Who Spent 9 Yrs In Jail; Cites Inconsistencies In 8 Y/O Victim's Testimony, No Medical Evidence

The Allahabad High Court recently acquitted a man who spent over 9 years in jail on the allegations of committing rape and offences under the POCSO Act against an 8-year-old girl. Considering the inconsistencies and improvements in the minor victim's testimony, the conduct of her father and the absence of corroborative medical evidence, a Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice...

Kerala High Court Upholds Drugs Controller's Power To Restrict Misleading Discount Boards At Medical Shops

The Kerala High Court has upheld the authority of the State Drugs Controller to require pharmacy licence applicants and renewal applicants to undertake that they will not display misleading discount boards relating to the sale of medicines. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 337]The Court further held that such a condition is a valid regulatory measure aimed at protecting consumers and does not...

Police Acted In Biased Manner: Madras High Court Orders CBCID Probe Into Attack On Senior Advocate By Quarry Operators' Representatives

The Madras High Court has ordered a CBCID probe into the attack on V Suresh, Senior Advocate and General Secretary of People's Union for Civil Liberties by persons allegedly associated with quarry operators during a public hearing. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 274] Criticising the investigation done by the State police into the matter, Justice B Pugalendhi observed that the State had acted...

Election Petition Cannot Be Rejected Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC Merely Because Accompanying Affidavit Is Defective: Uttarakhand HC

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that the requirement to file an affidavit under the proviso to Section 83(1)(c) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 is not mandatory and that it is sufficient if there is substantial compliance. Further, reiterating the principle established in various precedents, the Court held that a defect, if any in the affidavit filed with the election...

LiveLaw Madras High Court Weekly Roundup: June 15 to June 21, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 273 NOMINAL INDEX K Punniyamoorthy v Escape Artists Motion Pictures and others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 Udayakumar v The State, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 255 B Ramkumar Adityan v The Secretary and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 256 Sachin Bansal v The Directorate of Enforcement, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 257 A Rajeshkannan v The...