Cheque Bounce Cases Can Be Compounded Even After Conviction Is Upheld In Appeal: Punjab & Haryana High Court

However, compounding costs can be waived only in exceptional cases, Court held.

LADC Contracts Won't Be Renewed After Existing Term : NALSA Says After Punjab Haryana Lawyers Strike

District Judges are to assign legal aid matters to members of the Bar, preferably young lawyers, in place of the LADCs, NALSA said.

P&H High Court Upholds Arms Act Charge Against Sikh Man Accused Of Using Kirpan In Assault, Says Article 25 Protection To Be Decided In Trial

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that a Sikh man accused of using a Kirpan to cause injury cannot claim the constitutional protection available under Explanation I to Article 25 of the Constitution at the stage of framing of charge, holding that whether the Kirpan was being carried as an essential article of faith or was used as a weapon can only be determined at trial.The Court...

In A First, Punjab & Haryana High Court Hyperlinks All Precedents Cited In Its Judgement

In a first, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has embedded working hyperlinks to every precedent cited in its judgment— spanning over 35 Supreme Court decisions stretching from 1951 to 2025, allowing any reader to instantly access and verify the full text of each authority relied upon.In its 32-page judgement, the Division bench of the High Court referred to 35 case laws with the link...

Death Sentences Set Aside In Minor's Rape-Murder Case: P&H High Court Remands Matter After Finding Defects In Trial

In a significant ruling arising from the brutal rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the death sentences awarded by the trial Court to both convicts and remanded the matter for retrial from summons stage.The Court found that the Investigating Officer had failed to forward the FSL report to the post-mortem doctors for their final opinion on...

State Can't Solve Its Financial Crisis By Withholding Employees' And Pensioners' Dues: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a batch of Letters Patent Appeals filed by the Punjab Government and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), affirming that once the State adopted the Central Government pattern for grant of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief, it incurred a binding obligation to release the accrued instalments and could not defer them indefinitely...

Granting Protection To Minor In Live-In Relationship Would Implicitly Sanction What Law Expressly Prohibits: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition seeking police protection filed by a minor girl and her major partner, holding that granting protection in such cases would amount to implicitly sanctioning relationship involving a minor—something the statutory framework expressly prohibits.Justice Sumeet Goel dismissing the plea said, "Ergo, in adjudicating upon a petition...

Minor Procedural Lapses By NCB Can't Justify Anticipatory Bail In Commercial Quantity Drug Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that when dealing with cases emanating from border-centric drug cartels involving commercial quantities of contraband and organised networks, courts are duty-bound to exercise heightened circumspection and strict scrutiny, and that minor procedural lapses on the part of the investigating agency cannot form the basis for granting the...

Cross Border Drug Smuggling Poses Threat To National Security, Destroys Generations Of Youth: P&H High Court Rejects Pre-Arrest Bail

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that border-centric drug cartel cases involving commercial quantities pose "existential threat to public health, national security, and the socio-economic fabric of society, destroying entire generations of youth", and in such matters individual liberty must be carefully balanced against the overriding societal interest.Justice Alok Jain said,...

High Court Bars Punjab Govt From Undertaking Large-Scale Advertisement Campaigns Till Employees Are Paid Dearness Allowance Arrears

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday dismissed the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) appeal against a Single Judge's direction to release pending Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to its employees and pensioners.Acting Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor also restrained the State from undertaking any large-scale advertisement...

LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 20 - July 26, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 236 - 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 243]State of Punjab v. Mohinder Singh and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 236Jagdish Ram v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 237Diljit Singh @ Diljeet Singh v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 238 Renu Kumari Rohal v. State of Haryana and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 239 XXXX v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 240Amritpal Kaur @...

P&H High Court Upholds Increment Stoppage Against Official For Non-Compliance With PIO's Directions Under RTI Act

The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed two pleas challenging disciplinary proceedings and a consequent penalty imposed on a Section Officer of the Punjab State Planning Board for failing to comply with the directions of a Public Information Officer (PIO) under the Right to Information Act, 2005. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 248]It rejected the contention that the RTI Act's own statutory...