Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round Up: August 04 -August 10, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 311 - 317]Col. Sukhwinder Singh Dhillon v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 311CHIRAG KUMAR SARDANA v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 312Manish Kumar v. Directorate General, Goods & Service Tax Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Ludhiana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 313RAVNEET KAUR v. PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT, CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 314Harcharan Singh vs. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 315Payal Chaudhary v. KAP Sinha IAS and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 316Harpreet Kaur v. State of Punjab and Others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 317ReportsP&H High Court Criticises Trial Court For 'Unreasonable Leniency' To Cyber Fraud Accused, Says Senior Citizen Complaints Must Be PrioritizedTitle: Col. Sukhwinder Singh Dhillon v. State of PunjabCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 311The Punjab and Haryana High Court has strongly criticized a trial court for showing “unreasonable leniency” in a cyber fraud case, emphasizing that cases involving senior citizens deserve urgent and prioritized handling.Justice & Compassion Go Together, Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Sportsman Accused In Fraud Case To Travel Abroad For Shooting CampTitle: CHIRAG KUMAR SARDANA v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHERCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 312The Punjab & Haryana High Court underscored the delicate balance between justice and compassion by permitting a sportsman facing fraud allegations to travel abroad for a shooting camp.Chirag Kumar Sardana is accused in a Fraud and Arms Act case. His passport was released by the Sessions Court only for a limited period, which prevented him from participating in international shooting camps at Europe and USA.'Concerning Deviation From Procedure': P&H High Court Flags Abrupt Arrests Under CGST Act, Lack Of Urgency By Dept In Pursuing TrialTitle: Manish Kumar v. Directorate General, Goods & Service Tax Intelligence, Zonal Unit, LudhianaCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 313The Punjab and Haryana High Court has expressed concern over the sluggish pace of trials and the lack of convictions in Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion cases and flagged abrupt arrests of accused by the authorities, "driven by some inexplicable urgency rather than necessity."The Court granted bail in an alleged case involving defrauding the state exchequer of Rs. 107 crore, as input tax credit by generating fake invoices from fake firms.No Power To Transfer Case From One High Court To Another: Punjab & Haryana High CourtTitle: RAVNEET KAUR v. PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT, CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 314The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that it does not have power to transfer a case from one High Court to another.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry said, "So far as the prayer of transferring the aforesaid three cases to any other High Court is concerned, the same cannot be granted since this Court is not vested with any such power; the petitioner for this purpose is free to approach the appropriate Forum."Plea For Suspension Of Sentence Maintainable Even If Accused Did Not Surrender After Conviction: Punjab & Haryana High CourtHarcharan Singh vs. State of PunjabCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 315The Punjab and Haryana High Court has clarified that an application for suspension of sentence filed along with criminal revision petition challenging conviction in a criminal case is maintainable before the High Court, even if the convict has not surrendered post-conviction.Justice Sumeet Goel said, "A criminal revision petition against the judgments of conviction (as also an application for suspension of sentence, etc.) is maintainable before this High Court, without the petitioner-accused having surrendered or being in custody, in the absence of any rule in the extant Punjab and Haryana High Court Rules/Orders proscribing such maintainability."Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost On Litigant For Forum Shopping, Filing Frivolous Contempt Plea Against IASTitle: Payal Chaudhary v. KAP Sinha IAS and othersCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 316The Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 50,000 on a litigant for engaging in forum shopping and filing a meritless contempt petition in a civil disputeThe development comes in a contempt plea alleging that the authorities have disobeyed Supreme Court's ruling in Rajeeb Kalita Vs. Union of India and others by disconnecting the water supply of the petitioner.Denying Maternity Leave To Contractual Employee Violates Article 14: Punjab & Haryana High CourtTitle: Harpreet Kaur v. State of Punjab and OthersCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 317The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that denying maternity leave to a contractual employee under the Maternity Benefit Act would amount to discrimination on grounds of nature of their employment and thereby violates Article 14 of the Constitution which guarantees equal protection of law.Other DevelopmentsHigh Court Stays Punjab Land Pooling Policy, Seeks Safeguards For Farmers, ArtisansTitle: GURDEEP...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round Up: August 04 -August 10, 2025

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