Punjab and Haryana High Court
P&H High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Report On 9 Girls Going Missing In 48 Hours In Ludhiana
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of a newspaper report published on 31.05.2026, which highlighted that nine girls had gone missing within a span of 48 hours in Ludhiana.Treating the report as a matter of serious concern, the Court directed the State of Punjab to file an affidavit of the Deputy Commissioner concerned, addressing the allegations contained in...
'Grave Cruelty': P&H High Court Rejects In-Laws Plea That Pregnant Mother Can't Care For Firstborn Child, Orders Return Of Custody
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a Habeas Corpus petition filed by a mother seeking custody of her three-year-old son from her in-laws, reiterating that unless the mother is shown to be wholly unsuitable, the custody of a child below five years must ordinarily remain with her. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 232]Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi said, "There is absolutely nothing to suggest in the...
Can't Prosecute Doctor For Illegal Sex Determination Merely Because His Name Remained On Diagnostic Centre Panel Despite Leaving: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a doctor cannot be prosecuted under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 merely because his name continued to remain on a diagnostic centre's registration panel even after he had ceased to be associated with it. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 232]Justice Yashvir Singh Rathor also emphasized the...
Violent Protest, Sloganeering Against Govt Or Expressing Dissent Not Always Sedition: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that mere participation in a violent protest, raising slogans against the government, or expressing dissent does not automatically amount to the offence of sedition.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur said,"violent protest may amount to rioting but such action of violence would not be perceived as an act of bringing in hatred...
2017 Dera Violence: P&H High Court Upholds Acquittal Of Ram Rahim Followers, Says Prosecution Failed To Prove Sedition, Arson & Vandalism
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the State of Haryana's appeal against the acquittal of four followers of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, accused of vandalising and setting ablaze the office of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (UHBVN) at Kalayat, Kaithal, during the violence that erupted in the aftermath of the Dera chief's conviction in August...
Custom Permits Issueless Jat To Bequeath Ancestral Property To Person Who Rendered Him Services: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated that the general custom governing Jat tribes permits an issueless proprietor to bequeath ancestral property in favour of a person who rendered services to him during his lifetime. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 229]Observing that such a beneficiary is, for this limited purpose, treated on a footing analogous to a near agnate, the Court held that the...
P&H High Court Applies 'Descending Scale' Sentencing Model, Commutes Death Sentence For 6-Yr-Old's Rape-Murder But Bars Release Before 50 Yrs
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on a man convicted for rape and murder of a six-year-old girl, but directed that he shall not be released unless he serves a minimum actual sentence of 50 years. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 228]In doing so, the Division Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Ramesh Chander Dimri applied the "descending scale" model...
High Court Sets Aside Punjab Power Corporation's 'Arbitrary' Tender Award For Quality Meters
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited's (PSPCL) award of a tender for 1,000 Class-A power quality meters to a private bidder, holding that the corporation acted "most arbitrarily" by placing the purchase order without the bidder having furnished the mandatory type test certificates required under the tender conditions — several of which...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Stays Trial Against Cop Accused Of Selling Drugs In Jail
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has stayed trial court proceedings against a Constable posted on security duty at Central Jail, Bathinda, who has been chargesheeted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) and Section 52 of the Prisons Act, 1894 for allegedly selling drugs in prison.Justice Ramesh Chander Dimri issued notice of motion on the cop's...
High Court Bars Further Allotment Of Flats In Oberoi's ₹8,000 Crore Gurugram Project Till Haryana Decides Challenge To Licence
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained the IREO Group of companies and its assignee Oberoi Realty from making any further allotments or creating third-party rights in its mega residential-cum-commercial project 'Three Sixty North' in Sector-58, Gurugram, until the Director, Town and Country Planning, Haryana decides a pending representation seeking cancellation of the licence...