Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: December 2025

Nominal IndexBHAGWANT MANN AND ANOTHER v. U.T. CHANDIGARH 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 460RAMANDEEP SINGH BAINS AND OTHERS v. BHAKRA BEAS MANAGEMENT BOARD AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 461Vishal Kandwal v. State of Haryana and ors. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 462National Insurance Company Limited v. Satbir and Others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 463Sandeep Singh Attal @ Sandvi v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH)...

Inadvertently Uploading Incorrect Document For E-Auction Cannot Justify Forfeiture Of Deposit Without Intent To Mislead: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that forfeiture of earnest money deposit (EMD) under the Railway e-auction framework cannot be sustained merely on the ground of an inadvertent or clerical mistake in uploading documents, unless the authorities first record a finding that the bidder acted with an intent to mislead. Holding that forfeiture is penal in nature and entails serious civil...

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2025 [Part II]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 451 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 900Delhi High Court Quashes Trademark Registration Of 'Captain Blue' In Plea By Producer Of 'Captain Morgan' RumCase title: Diageo Scotland Limited vs. Prachi Verma & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 451The Delhi High Court has directed the removal 'Captain Blue' mark from the Trade Marks Registry, in a plea by the alcoholic...

Calcutta High Court Directs Change Of Prosecutor In 2021 Murder Case After Alleged Inaction, Says Accused Cannot Be Held Indefinitely

The Calcutta High Court has observed that an accused cannot be kept in custody for an indefinite period and pulled up the State machinery over lack of progress in a 2021 murder trial where the accused has remained behind bars for over four years and two months, with only one witness partly examined out of 39 prosecution witnesses.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, while hearing a bail application filed...

Gauhati High Court Annual Digest 2025

Citation 2025 LiveLaw (Gau) 1 to 2025 LiveLaw (Gau) 85Convict Has Right To Be Considered For Release On Probation: Gauhati HC Grants Relief To Headmaster, Son Who Assaulted Student's MotherCase Title: Abdur Rehman Mandal & Anr. v. Mosht Rukia Kjhatun and Anr. & The State of AssamCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Gau) 1The Gauhati High Court recently extended the benefit of Section 4 of Probation...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part 1 [Citations 01 - 250]

24X7 Helpline, Decide Representation In 3 Days: Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Guidelines To State, Police For Runaway Couples Seeking ProtectionTitle: XXX v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERSCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 01The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a slew of guidelines to be followed by the State and Police when it is approached by an individual or a run away couple, alleging...

Custodial Interrogation Not Mandatory For GST Offences Punishable Up to 5 Years: Karnataka High Court Grants Bail In ₹31 Cr Tax Evasion Case

The Karnataka High Court held that custodial interrogation is not mandatory in GST offences punishable with imprisonment up to five years, even though such offences are economic in nature. The bench further stated that the prescribed punishment under the CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax) Act must be considered while determining the gravity of the offence.Justice Shivashankar...

'Frame Humane Policy': Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Union's Response On Regularisation Of Contractual MGNREGA Employees

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought the Union Government's response on a plea filed by contractual Accounts Assistants working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) seeking regularisation of their services against sanctioned posts.The Court observed that MGNREGA is a flagship welfare programme of the Government of India and it's the...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice A Muhamed Mustaque As Chief Justice Of Sikkim High Court

The Central Government on Saturday (January 3) notified the appointment of Kerala High Court judge Justice A Muhamed Mustaque as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointment which states:"In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India and in consultation with the Chief Justice of India,...

HC Is Proper Forum To Enforce Domestic Award From International Commercial Arbitration Seated In India: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court, clarifying the forum for execution of arbitral awards, has recently ruled that a domestic arbitral award rendered out of an international commercial arbitration with its seat in India, is enforceable by the High Court itself under Section 36 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. A Division Bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Rajeev Bharti, on December 16th, 2025,...

AP High Court Restores Arbitral Awards In Hindustan Shipyard Case; Says Arbitrators Can Modulate 'Exorbitant' Liquidated Damages

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh recently set aside a Trial Court's order that had earlier quashed thirteen arbitral awards against Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) and its subcontractors. On 31st December 2025, the Division Bench comprising of Justices R. Raghunandan Rao and T.C.D. Sekhar, upholding the arbitral awards, stated that an arbitrator has the jurisdiction to modulate...

Income Tax Act | HP High Court Stays Reassessment Proceedings U/S 148 As Validity Of Notices Were Pending Before SC

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has stayed reassessment proceedings initiated against an assessee under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, noting that the validity of such notices is already under consideration before the Supreme Court. A Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Romesh Verma passed the order while hearing a writ petition which had...