LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 13 - July 19, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 228 - 239]Anand Singh v. State of Haryana (CRA-D-1055-2023) with State of Haryana v. Anand Singh 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 228Surmukh Singh and others v. Smt. Debo and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 229State of Haryana v. DHARAMPAL AND OTHERS 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 230Dr. Shyam Bihari v. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 231XXX v. State of Punjab & others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 232Sajan Singh v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 233Paramjit Kaur v. State of Punjab and another 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 234 Deepak Jain v. District Magistrate and Chairman Appellate Tribunal, Yamunanagar and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 235 R v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 236Parwinder Singh @ Pindu v. U.T. Chandigarh 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 237 Harbhajan Singh v. State of Punjab and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 238SHARWAN SINGH Vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORHERS 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 239ReportsP&H High Court Applies 'Descending Scale' Sentencing Model, Commutes Death Sentence For 6-Yr-Old's Rape-Murder But Bars Release Before 50 YrsTitle: Anand Singh v. State of Haryana (CRA-D-1055-2023) with State of Haryana v. Anand Singh (MRC-6-2023)Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 228The 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.In doing so, the Division Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Ramesh Chander Dimri applied the "descending scale" model of sentencing, which translates to 'younger the victim, higher the sentence'.Custom Permits Issueless Jat To Bequeath Ancestral Property To Person Who Rendered Him Services: Punjab & Haryana High CourtTitle: Surmukh Singh and others v. Smt. Debo and othersCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 229 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. Observing that such a beneficiary is, for this limited purpose, treated on a footing analogous to a near agnate, the Court held that the customary restriction on alienation of ancestral property does not operate as an absolute bar to such a disposition.2017 Dera Violence: P&H High Court Upholds Acquittal Of Ram Rahim Followers, Says Prosecution Failed To Prove Sedition, Arson & VandalismTitle: State of Haryana v. DHARAMPAL AND OTHERSCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 230The 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 2017. Holding that the prosecution had failed to establish the identity of the accused as well as the statutory ingredients of the offences alleged against them, including sedition, arson and mischief, the Court affirmed the trial court's acquittal.Can't Prosecute Doctor For Illegal Sex Determination Merely Because His Name Remained On Diagnostic Centre Panel Despite Leaving: P&H High CourtTitle: Dr. Shyam Bihari v. State of HaryanaCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 231The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a doctor cannot be prosecuted under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 merely because his name continued to remain on a diagnostic centre's registration panel even after he had ceased to be associated with it. Justice Yashvir Singh Rathor also emphasized the absence of any evidence of the doctor's physical presence, active participation or conspiracy in the alleged illegal sex-determination procedure.'Grave Cruelty': P&H High Court Rejects In-Laws Plea That Pregnant Mother Can't Care For Firstborn Child, Orders Return Of CustodyTitle: XXX v. State of Punjab & othersCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 232The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a Habeas Corpus petition filed by a mother seeking custody of her three-year-old son from her in-laws, reiterating that unless the mother is shown to be wholly unsuitable, the custody of a child below five years must ordinarily remain with her.Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi said, "There is absolutely nothing to suggest in the reply filed by the private respondents that the petitioner is unsuitable in any way to take care of the child other than stating that as she is pregnant with another child and financially dependent she would be unable to take care of her son Yuvrajpreet Singh. In fact, it would be grave cruelty to the mother in case at this stage of her life when she is pregnant once again, her first born is taken away from her who himself is only of the age of about 03 years. The father, the grandmother, uncles and aunts of a child cannot take care of him the way the mother...

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