P&H High Court Directs UT Admin To Hold Awareness Drive For Mental Health Group Home Admissions, Postpones Intake Of Paying Senior Citizens

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the UT Chandigarh Administration to undertake a wide publicity campaign to increase awareness regarding admissions to the Group Home for persons with mental illness in Sector 31-C, Chandigarh for the next three months. Till then, the court said, the proposed admission of paying senior citizens to the facility shall remain postponed, noting...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra As Acting Chief Justice Of Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Centre on Monday notified the appointment of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as the Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court pursuant to elevation of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu to the Supreme Court. “In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Judge of the High Court of...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail To Madhu Kishwar In FIR Over Social Media Video On PM Modi

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday (May 29) refused to grant anticipatory bail to author Madhu Kishwar booked in an FIR for offences of forgery and demafation, over posting/retweeting a purported video on her X platform allegedly on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The court noted that the apparently, the video under scanner, was uploaded on other social media platforms, however, "as...

Litigant Cannot Reopen Concluded Proceedings After Years Of Delay By Blaming Counsel: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to recall an order dismissing a criminal revision petition as withdrawn, holding that a litigant cannot be permitted to reopen long-pending proceedings merely by attributing lapses to counsel after repeated opportunities have already been exhausted.Justice Neerja K. Kalson said, "The conduct reflected from the record is not confined to a...

State Can't Keep Workers In Perpetual Contractual Limbo: P&H High Court Calls Out 'Exploitation' Of NHM Staff, Orders Regularisation

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the State cannot continue to extract work of a permanent nature while denying employees the security of regular service, observing that such arrangements amount to “exploitation camouflaged as contractual engagement.”Justice Sandeep Moudgil said, "This Court cannot shut its eyes to the fact that the State, which is expected to be a...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Pulls Up Police For Declaring Family Members Of Cheating Accused “Innocent” Despite Money Trail

The Punjab & Haryana High Court, while hearing a third regular bail petition in a cheating case, expressed strong displeasure over the manner in which the investigation was conducted, particularly the exoneration of the petitioner's family members despite allegations of their involvement in receiving the cheated amount.Justice N.S Shekhawat said, "it is shocking to note that the...

Objectionable Remarks Against Community By Public Servant Have Greater Social Impact: P&H High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed a second petition seeking anticipatory bail filed by Geetu Ram Tanwar, a Superintending Engineer with Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (UHBVNL), in connection with an FIR alleging circulation of a video containing derogatory remarks against a particular community.Justice Sumeet Goel noted, "The material collected during the course...

P&H High Court Refuses To Entertain Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa's PIL Alleging Threat To Free Municipal Polls, Imposes Costs

The Punjab & Haryana High Court declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Congress MLA and Leader of Opposition in the Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa raising concerns over the conduct of the ongoing Municipal Corporation elections in Punjab.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry permitted Bajwa to withdraw the plea subject...

Refresher Training Programme For Mediators Held At Punjab & Haryana High Court's Mediation Centre

Under the aegis of the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC), the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of the Punjab and Haryana High Court successfully conducted a Refresher Training Programme for its empanelled mediators in five batches from May 6 to May 23, 2026, at the Chandigarh Judicial Academy.The programme was aimed at enhancing the professional skills, ethical standards,...

Ballot Paper Option Retained In Law To Address Ground Realities; Authorities May Revert From EVMs When Needed: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that the statutory framework governing municipal elections consciously retains the option of conducting polls through ballot papers and ballot boxes to address prevailing ground realities such as illiteracy, poverty, and logistical constraints. The Court noted that while Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been introduced, the law does not...

'Intelligible Differentia': High Court Upholds Haryana Notification Removing Extended Retirement Age Benefit For Certain Disabled Employees

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the Haryana Government's decision to amend its service rules and withdraw the benefit of extended retirement age for certain categories of differently-abled employees, holding that fixing different retirement ages across employee categories does not amount to unlawful discrimination.Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor said, "It...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Parole To Life Convict To Prepare Documents Lost In Fire Incident

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted 8 weeks' parole to a life convict to enable him to prepare essential documents that were destroyed in a fire incident, observing that the denial of parole on mere apprehension of breach of peace is unsustainable in law.Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor noted, "The facts of the case would thus indicate that the petitioner has...