Punjab and Haryana High Court
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...
Second Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable After Denial Of Relief By Supreme Court; Compromise No Ground: P&H High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that a second anticipatory bail petition is not maintainable once the earlier plea has been rejected up to the Supreme Court, observing that a subsequent compromise between parties cannot override judicial directions. [2025 LiveLaw (PH) 227]Justice Sumeet Goel said, “the present petition is wholly misconceived and not maintainable. The...
High Court Directs Expeditious Decision On Parole Plea Of Former Punjab CM Beant Singh Assassination Convict
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed an expeditious decision on the parole application filed by Jagtar Singh Hawara, who is serving a life sentence in Delhi's Mandoli Jail in the assassination case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. [2025 LiveLaw (PH) 226]A division bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur directed,"i.the Superintendent, Central...
State Assures Compliance Of Norms, High Court Permits Shifting Of Gurugram District Court To 'Tower Of Justice'
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday directed the Haryana state authorities to shift the Gurugram District Courts to the newly constructed Judicial Courts Complex (Tower of Justice) forthwith, holding that any further delay would prejudice the public interest as judicial work has been severely disrupted following the recent fire at the existing court complex.The Court recorded...
PIL In Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Restoration Of Diljit Dosanjh Starrer 'Satluj', Challenges Takedown Of Film
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking restoration of singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh's film Satluj, which was recently taken down. The plea challenges the removal of the movie, alleging it was arbitrary and unjustified, and urges the Court to intervene to ensure its availability to the public.Satluj is based on the story of the...
LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: June 2026
Nominal Index [Citations 176 - 212] XXXXX v. XXXX 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 176Sukhdev Singh @ Rinku v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 177 Dr. Rohit Lalit and others v. State of Haryana and another 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 178 Anil Kumar Kaushik v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 179COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. JYOTI MALHOTRA AND OTHERS 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 180KARAM SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB 2026 LiveLaw...
Gurugram Court Working From Guest House: High Court Raps Haryana Govt Over Delay In 'Tower of Justice' Project
Taking serious note of the continued delay in completion of the Gurugram district judiciary's new court complex, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today observed that the functionality of courts cannot be jeopardised due to lapses on the part of State authorities, especially when judicial work is presently being carried out from a guest house following a fire incident.'Tower of Justice',...