Punjab & Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association Elects Office Bearers For 2025-26

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Senior Advocates Association, Chandigarh, on Tuesday, unanimously elected its office bearers for the term 2025–26.Senior Advocate Atul Lakhanpal has been elected as the President of the Association. Senior Advocate Vikas Chatrath was elected as Vice President, while Senior Advocate Chanchal K. Singla was elected as Secretary, who is also Additional...

Law Must Bend Toward Inclusion: P&H High Court Directs Retrospective Promotion With Benefits To Visually Impaired Forest Employee

Emphasising that the right to be free from disability-based discrimination, as enshrined in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, must be regarded with the same seriousness and protection as a fundamental right—ensuring that no employee is excluded from consideration solely on the basis of disability—the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the Haryana Government to...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Lawyer Who Allegedly Posed As Judge Before Traffic Police

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered against an advocate who was accused of impersonating a Judicial Magistrate and obstructing police officials during a traffic check in Chandigarh.Justice Surya Pratap Singh noted, "there are very specific, categorical and prominent allegations against the petitioner that when two police officers...

P&H High Court Refuses To Quash Cruelty FIR, Says Allegations Against Mother-In-Law Who Died 23 Yrs Ago Appear To Be Typographical Error

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea seeking quashing of a cruelty FIR observing that the alleged reference to a deceased mother-in-law in the complaint appeared to be a typographical error and could not, by itself, justify quashing of criminal proceedings. In FIR it was alleged that the mother in law of the complainant who had already passed away 23 years ago used to...

National Lok Adalat At Punjab & Haryana High Court Disposes Of 303 Cases, Awards Over ₹13.36 Crore

As part of the nationwide initiative of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), a National Lok Adalat was organised today at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in coordination with the High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC).The Lok Adalat was held under the overall supervision of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Patron-in-Chief of the High Court Legal Services Committee, and...

Bail Granted By Magistrate Related To Accused Vitiated By Bias-in-Law: Punjab & Haryana High Court Cancels Order But Gives Interim Relief

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed a Judicial Magistrate's order granting regular bail to an accused in an intimidation case after finding that the Magistrate and the accused were related—though distantly—holding that such consanguinity created a “real likelihood of bias” sufficient to vitiate the order. Justice Sumeet Goel,"A fact that cannot be lost sight of is...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Regularisation Of Sewer Helper, Says Withdrawal Of Policy Cannot Defeat Accrued Rights

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana Government to regularise the services of a woman Sewer Helper who had been engaged on daily-wage basis since 1997, holding that her right under the 2003–2004 Regularisation Policies had crystallised long before the State withdrew those schemes.Observing that "This Court cannot remain impervious to the prolonged hardship, indignity,...

SARFAESI Act | Secured Creditors To Get Priority After Enactment Of S.26E: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Observing that post-notification of Section 26E of the SARFAESI Act on 24.01.2020, debts due to secured creditors must be accorded statutory priority over all other dues, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has clarified that in all cases where the charge was created after the said date, secured creditors will rank above State revenue claims. The Court noted that numerous litigations are...

P&H High Court Allows PSU's Claim For RD Sale Deduction, Says Benefit Cannot Be Denied Based On Stolen But Genuine ST-15 Forms

In a significant relief to a Government of India Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), the Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside orders passed by the Assessing Authority and the Haryana Tax Tribunal disallowing Recurring Deposit sale deduction on the basis that the ST-15 forms furnished by purchasing dealers were stolen or not backed by renewed registration.A bench of Justice Jagmohan Bansal and Justice Amarinder Singh Grewal noted, "It is undisputed that forms were genuine though stolen. Had...

'Right To Housing Is Fundamental Right': P&H High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of Jhuggi Dwellers' Claims Under Small Flats Scheme

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed an order of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) rejecting the claims of a group of jhuggi dwellers for allotment of flats under the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme, 2006, holding that the decision was taken in violation of the principles of natural justice.Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and Justice Mandeep Pannu said, "It is manifest that the claim...

Financial Constraints No Grounds To Deny Medical Reimbursement To Retd Employees: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the Haryana Police Housing Corporation cannot deny medical reimbursement to its retired employees on the ground of financial constraints, quashing two orders that had denied the benefit to former staff members. The Court reiterated that once medical reimbursement is part of the service conditions, retired employees cannot be placed in...

Haryana Govt's Withdrawal Of Clerk's Increment Prima Facie Violates Undertaking Before Larger Bench: P&H High Court Issues Contempt Notice

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the Haryana Government's action in withdrawing an increment earlier granted to an employee of the Women and Child Development Department prima facie violates an undertaking recorded before a Larger Bench of the Court regarding the applicability of the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC).The Court has...