LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 27 - August 02, 2026

Nominal Index [Citation 243 - 248]Court On Its Own Motion v. State of Punjab and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 243Braham Dutt and others v. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 244Jyoti Devi v. State of Haryana and another 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 245Vikas Kumar v. Central Bureau of Investigation 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 246Kulvir Singh @ Kulbir Singh and another v. State of Punjab and another 2026 LiveLaw (PH)...

Delhi High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Posing As Judge, Flags Police Failure To Arrest Him

The Delhi High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a man accused of impersonating a civil servant and even a judge of the Patna High Court to obtain sensitive and confidential information from various senior authorities. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 730]Justice Girish Kathpalia expressed surprise over the Police's failure to arrest him, despite repeated rejection of his bail pleas up to the...

Municipal Bodies Can't Recover Rent Dues As Arrears Of Land Revenue, May File Civil Suit: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that arrears of rent due to a Nagar Palika Parishad from its tenant cannot be recovered as arrears of land revenue, as such rent is a contractual due and not a tax.Section 173-A of the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 permits a Municipality to apply to the Collector for recovery, as if it were an arrear of land revenue, of any sum due to a board on...

Once Claimant Files Affidavit On Deceased Carrying Valid Ticket, Burden To Disprove Claim Shifts On Railways: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that mere absence of a railway ticket would not negate an individual's claim of being a bonafide passenger or entitlement to accident compensation. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 216]The court said that once claimant files an affidavit on deceased carrying a valid ticket, the burden of disproving the same would fall on the Railways. Justice JC Doshi referred to...

'Do Community Service For Patients In Civil Hospital': P&H High Court While Suspending Sentence Of Two Murder Convicts

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the sentence of two murder convicts during the pendency of their criminal appeals, while directing them to perform community service for one month at the Civil Hospital, Gurugram, including attending to the injured and patients.A Division Bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur said, "The applicant(s)-appellant(s)...

UP Police Rules | Agreeing With Inquiry Report Before Seeking Employee's Reply Doesn't Vitiate Disciplinary Proceedings: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a disciplinary authority's expression of agreement with the findings of the inquiry officer, recorded in the show cause notice, does not vitiate the punishment order that follows. It held that such agreement is a pre-condition for issuing the show cause notice at all.It observed that the inquiry officer's recommendation of punishment is...

Impersonation Complete Upon Entry Into Exam Hall With Another's Admit Card, Even If Caught Before Writing Exam: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has said that the moment a person enters an examination hall carrying the admit card of the candidate he is impersonating, the offence of cheating by personation is fulfilled and the accused being caught prior to actual holding of exam makes no difference. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 215]Justice Nisha M Thakore in her order said:"the very fact that the applicant No. 2 pretended...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging WB 'Goonda' Law As Premature After State Says Bill Yet To Be Notified As Act

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed as premature a public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the West Bengal Goonda Control Bill, after the State submitted that the legislation has not yet been notified and has therefore not come into force.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen held that...

Plea Before Kerala High Court Seeking Removal Of 'High Court' Nameplates From Govt Lawyers' Cars Withdrawn

A plea has been moved before the Kerala High Court seeking a direction for removal of the Court's name from the designation boards in the cars of government pleaders and central government counsels.Update: When the matter came up on Friday (August 7) before Justice Murali Purushothaman, the petitioner appearing in person sought permission to withdraw the case. Accordingly, the plea was...

Teacher Posted On Research Duty Not Entitled To Continue Service Till End Of Academic Session After Retirement: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that continuation in service till the end of the academic session after superannuation is a concession and not a vested statutory right, and can be claimed only by a teacher who is actually engaged in regular teaching. It held that an Associate Professor of an agricultural university who had been posted as In-charge of a research station could not claim...

Pending PMLA Cases Not Grounds To Automatically Restrict 10-Year Passport Renewal Of Undertrial To One Year: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the mere pendency of criminal proceedings cannot be a ground for passport authorities to automatically restrict the validity of a passport to one year where the competent criminal court has permitted its renewal.Justice Krishna Rao directed the Regional Passport Office to renew the passport of a petitioner facing two pending Prevention of Money Laundering...

'Can't Grant Relief Beyond Pleadings': AP High Court Sets Aside Status Quo Order On Mutation Entries, Says No Such Prayer Was Made

Granting partial relief in a land dispute, the Andhra Pradesh High Court held that a court cannot grant relief beyond the pleadings by directing parties to maintain status quo regarding mutation entries when no such relief has been sought in the writ petition. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 177]The Court, however, reiterated that no person can be dispossessed except by following due process of...