Himachal Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

NOMINAL INDEX:Bharti Rathore v/s State of HP & others., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 75Monika v/s State of HP & others., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 76Biogenetic Drugs (P) Ltd. & another v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 77Devi Dass v/s M/s Ginni Global Pvt. Ltd. & another., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 78Surinder Chauhan v/s Jai Lal Bragra., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 79Parneet Kumar v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 80Gopal Chand v/s Ramesh Kumar & another., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 81Nishant Mahajan & Anr. v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 82Rajesh Kumar Verma v/s Hon'ble High Court of H.P., Madan Kumar v/s Hon'ble High Court of H.P.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 83Deep Raj v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 84Anil Kumar V/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 85State of H.P. & Ors. V/s Jai Ram.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 86State of H.P. V/s Sukhan Devi (deceased) through LRs.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 87Dalip Singh & another V/s Khatri Ram & another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 88Shirgul Filling Station V/s Kamal Sharma.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 89Tejinder Singh V/s Govinder Singh and another., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 90Vijay Kumar V/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 91Director of Horticulture to the Government of HP V/s Gejam Ram & others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 92Gagandeep Singh and another v. State of H.P. and another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 93Mantesh Kumar v/s Shobha Ram.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 94Dr. Seema Sharma v/s The Secretary (Health) to the Government of H.P. & others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 95Aman Chauhan & others v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 96Raju Ram vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 97Rama Devi & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 98Rishi Raj v/s Ram Krishan & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 99Amar Nath v/s State of Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 100Farooq Ahmad v/s State of Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 101Jogindra v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 102Justice (Retired) V.K. Sharma V/s State of H.P. & Another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 103Savita Guleria v/s H.P. Subordinate Services Selection Board & another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 104Rasham Raj V/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 105State of Himachal Pradesh v/s Sarojioni.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 106Inderpal Singh v/s Himachal Pradesh Univeristy & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 107'Govt Employees With Political Connections Not Being Given Hard/Tribal Postings Despite State's Transfer Policy': HP High Court Case Title: Bharti Rathore v/s State of HP & others.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 75The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the State to ensure that transfers are made strictly in accordance with the transfer policy of the Government of Himachal Pradesh. The court emphasised that every government employee should be posted to a difficult area once during their service and that such postings should not be influenced by political relations.Justice Sandeep Sharma: “Transfer policy formulated by the Government of Himachal Pradesh clearly reveals that every employee, during his life career, should be sent to sub cadre/hard/tribal area, but this Court has noticed in many cases that employees having good political relation and influence are hardly sent to hard/tribal area, and employees, who do not have any say in the corridors of Government, are repeatedly sent to hard/tribal areas, which results in heartburn.”Clubbing Stay Of Employee At Different Postings For Transfer Purposes Doesn't Violate Definition Of “Transfer” Under State Rules: HP High Court Case Title: Monika v/s State of HP & others.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 76The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that clubbing the period of stay for the transfer of employees does not violate the State's Transfer Policy or the statutory rules governing transfers. In holding thus, the court overruled an earlier conflicting judgment in Anurag Chadha v. State of Himachal Pradesh, 2023.Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan & Justice Sushil Kukreja: “We are at a complete loss to understand how the clubbing of stay for the purpose of transfer of an employee violates the aforesaid provisions as it does not alter the meaning of 'transfer."Drugs & Cosmetics Act | 'Rule-Making Power Lies Only With Centre': HP High Court Quashes SOPs By State Drug Controller Case Title: Biogenetic Drugs (P) Ltd. & another v/s State of H.P. & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 77The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the State Drug Controller does not have the authority to issue an Office Order or Standard Operating Procedure, as rule-making power under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act lies exclusively with the Central Government.Justice Ajay Mohan Goel: “In this view of the matter, when the Rule making power is exclusively conferred upon the Central Government and the Central Government has in exercise of the powers so conferred, framed Rules which govern all the activities of manufacturers like the petitioners including the sale of drug manufactured, the Office Order in question which has been issued by the State Drug Controller, bereft of any Authority in law...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

Mehak Aggarwal

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