Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 08 - December 14, 2025

Nominal IndexDr. Janvi v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 471kamlesh Rani v. Sanjeev 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 472 GURSEWAK SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 473GURMEJ SINGH v. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 474Daljit Singh Grewal alias Bhola and others v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 475Gurcharan Dass and others v. State of Haryana and others...

'Try In Next Session': Punjab & Haryana High Court Tells Jailed MP Amritpal Singh As His Plea To Attend Parliament Becomes 'Infructuous'

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today said that the plea filed by MP Amritpal Singh seeking parole to attend the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament has become “virtually infructuous”, as tomorrow is the last day of the session and the arguments could not be completed in time due to abstention from work by lawyers.Amritpal Singh, a sitting Member of Parliament, had approached the...

P&H High Court Bar Association Seeks FIR Listing Names Of Haryana Cops Who Allegedly Assaulted Lawyer, Continues Strike

The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has called for continued abstention from work across district courts of Punjab and Haryana, reiterating its demand for stringent action against Haryana Police officials allegedly involved in the assault of a lawyer.The Punjab Government today in a suo moto cognizance taken by the High Court submitted before the High Court that an FIR...

Wife Must Use 10% Of Maintenance Amount For Skill Development To Become Financially Independent: Punjab & Haryana High Court

While refusing to enhance maintenance granted to a wife, the Punjab & Haryana High Court directed her to use 10% of the maintenance being received by her for skill development. The bench reasoned that object of maintenance is not limited to mere subsistence but extends to enabling long-term dignity and self-reliance.Justice Alok Jain said,"the petitioner is required to enhance...

Superdari Bond For Seized Vehicle Having Ancillary Role In Offence Is To Ensure Production, Can't Be Indemnity For Market Value: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that when a seized vehicle has played only an ancillary or incidental role in the alleged offence, the conditions imposed for its release on superdari must be carefully calibrated and cannot be punitive in nature. Emphasising the principle of proportionality, the Court held that the primary purpose of a superdari bond is merely to secure the...

FIR Registered Against Unknown Persons: Punjab Govt Tells High Court Over Alleged Assault On Lawyer By Haryana Police

The Punjab Government submitted today before the Punjab & Haryana High Court that an FIR has been registered against unknown persons in a case where Haryana Police allegedly assaulted a lawyer in Punjab.The High Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged assault on an advocate, Amit, by Haryana Police personnel in plainclothes in Chandigarh neighbouring Nayagaon, Punjab...

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Two Judicial Officers To Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on December 16, 2025 approved the proposal for appointment of two judicial officers as Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.As per the decision taken in the Collegium meeting, Shri Ramesh Chander Dimri and Ms. Neerja Kulwant Kalson have been cleared for elevation to the High Court. The statement can be read...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Asks DGP To Explain Why FIR Was Not Lodged Against Policemen Who Allegedly Assaulted Lawyer

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged assault on an advocate, Amit, by Haryana Police personnel in plainclothes in Chandigarh neighbouring Nayagaon, Punjab on November 30. The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association had resolved to go on strike from December 15 due to the undue delay in the lodging of FIR.The Court noted that an incident...

Jailed MP Amritpal Singh Argues Parole Plea In-Person Before P&H High Court To Attend Parliament Amid Lawyers' Strike

Jailed Member of Parliament Amritpal Singh appeared in person on VC before the Punjab and Haryana High Court to argue his petition seeking parole to attend the Winter session of Parliament, as lawyers were disrupted due to a lawyers' strike.Amritpal Singh, a sitting Member of Parliament, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the State's refusal to grant him parole...

Rash & Negligent Driving: Protracted Trial, Reformative Tendency Of Accused Sufficient To Reduce Sentence: Punjab & Haryana High Court

While the Punjab & Haryana Hig Court affirmed the findings of guilt recorded by the Trial Court and the Appellate Court against a Truck Driver for rash and negligent driving, it modified the order on sentence, reducing the substantive imprisonment to the period already undergone, considering long passage of time and mitigating circumstances.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said, "I find that...

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...