Medical Reimbursement Not 'Alms': Punjab & Haryana High Court Fixes 2-Month Deadline For Authorities, Orders Payment Of Interest For Delay

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that medical reimbursement is a legitimate right of government employees and not a matter of charity, directing States and public authorities to process such claims within a two months or face interest liability.Justice Sudeepti Sharma dismissed the State's second appeal and upheld concurrent findings of the trial court and appellate court granting...

Agricultural Procurement Takes Priority Over Personal Hardship: Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Temporary Transfer During Harvest Season

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated the primacy of agricultural operations and farmers' interests while upholding a temporary deployment ordered during the procurement season, observing that individual inconvenience must yield to the larger public good.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar noted, "the procurement of agricultural produce is a time- sensitive and an economically...

High Court Questions Maintainability Of PIL Challenging Punjab's Anti-Sacrilege Law; Raps Petitioner For Suppressing Antecedents

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday declined to pass any immediate order on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of the “Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026”.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry observed that it would first examine the maintainability of the PIL in light of the petitioner's antecedents...

'No Time With Mother': Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Custody To Working Mother Living In PG

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined custody of a minor child to a working mother residing as a paying guest, holding that she had no sufficient time or support system to care for the child, while reiterating that shared parenting best serves the child's welfare.Justice Gurvinder Gill and Justice Ramesh Kumari said, "in the case in hand, both wife and husband are working...

Highly Educated Lady Working In MNC Didn't Lodge FIR For Months: P&H High Court Quashes Rape Case, Says Relationship Was 'Consensual'

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a rape case registered against a man, holding that a prolonged consensual relationship between two mature individuals cannot be criminalised as rape on the basis of a failed promise to marry.Justice N.S. Shekhawat noted, "Even, before taking divorce from other person, the respondent No.2 went to Bali with the petitioner from 09.10.2022 to...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Punjab To Release Pending DA/DR, Quashes Staggered Pension Arrears Plan

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Punjab to release all pending installments of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to its employees and pensioners in line with the Central Government pattern, holding that financial constraints cannot be a ground to deny accrued service benefits.The Court also struck down the State's “Liquidation Plan” dated February...

Married Woman Mature Enough To Understand Consequences: P&H High Court Quashes Rape On Pretext Of Marriage Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a criminal complaint and summoning order against a man accused of rape on the pretext of marriage, holding that a married woman, who had not obtained divorce from her estranged husband, could not be said to have acted under a “misconception of fact” while consenting to a sexual relationship.Justice N.S. Shekhawat noted, "the prosecutrix herself...

Gurugram Demolitions: Punjab & Haryana High Court Permits Action Against Encroachments, Says Due Process Must Be Followed

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has permitted Haryana Government to proceed with the removal of encroachments in Gurugram that are found to be in violation of municipal laws, while underscoring that such action must strictly adhere to due process.Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan representing Gurugram residents made an oral mentioning in the Supreme Court today highlighting...

'Good Move': P&H High Court Backs Punjab's Crackdown On Content Glorifying Lawrence Bishnoi's Crimes

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Friday commended the Punjab government for blocking online content glorifying gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, including his interviews on digital platforms."That's a good move by you", orally said Chief Justice Sheel Nagu after Punjab AG Maninderjit Singh Bedi submitted that the State has blocked over 2,600 links relating to glorification of Bishnoi's...

Telling Employee to 'F*** Off' During Workplace Spat Without Sexual Intent Not Sexual Harassment: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that use of the expression “f*** off” during a workplace dispute, though inappropriate, does not amount to sexual harassment in the absence of sexual intent or overtone.Justice Kirti Singh said, "It is also pertinent that the context of the communication in the present case prima facie arises out of a work related interaction. No doubt...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Closes Plea Against 'Lawrence Of Punjab' Web Series After Centre Advises Zee5 Against Its Release

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today disposed of a plea seeking urgent stay on streaming of web series “Lawrence of Punjab”, after the Central government advised the OTT platform ZEE5 against its release.The division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Pramod Goyal noted that the Punjab government had written to the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on April...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Rape Convict After 21 Years, Cites Material Contradictions In Prosecutrix's Testimony

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has acquitted a man convicted for rape in 2005, holding that material contradictions in the prosecutrix's testimony, lack of corroborative evidence, and inconsistencies in forensic findings rendered the conviction unsafe. During the pendency of appeal the convict passed away.Justice Rupinderjit Chahal noted, "The record reveals that the prosecutrix...