Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 20, 2025

Nominal IndexParkash Singh Marwah v. State of UT Chandigarh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 483BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 484Pawan Kumar v. State of U.T. Chandigarh2025 LiveLaw (PH) 485Ashok Kumar Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation, Chandigarh 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 486XXXX v. XXXX 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 487Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 488Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Lawyer Who Allegedly Posed As Judge Before Traffic PoliceTitle: Parkash Singh Marwah v. State of UT Chandigarh & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 483The 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 were discharging their duty at the intersection of Sectors 45/46/49/50 the petitioner violated traffic rules, and when he was asked to show his driving licence, instead of showing his driving licence firstly, he tried to overawe the police officers by projecting himself to be a Judicial Magistrate and when he failed in doing so, and the police officers continued to insist for his driving licence, he drove away from the spot against the instructions of police officers, and thus, he committed the above mentioned offence."Law Must Bend Toward Inclusion: P&H High Court Directs Retrospective Promotion With Benefits To Visually Impaired Forest EmployeeTitle: BHIM SINGH v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORSCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 484Emphasising 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 grant retrospective promotions with consequential benefits to a visually impaired Forest Department employee under the statutory disability quota.Rash & Negligent Driving: Protracted Trial, Reformative Tendency Of Accused Sufficient To Reduce Sentence: Punjab & Haryana High CourtTitle: Pawan Kumar v. State of U.T. ChandigarhCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 485While 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 the protracted criminal trial and the consequent agony faced by the petitioner, the actual sentence, out of total sentence, already undergone by the petitioner, the reformative tendency shown by the petitioner by not indulging in any other offence as well as the legal principles reproduced above are sufficient mitigating circumstances to reduce the quantum of sentence awarded to the petitioner."Superdari Bond For Seized Vehicle Having Ancillary Role In Offence Is To Ensure Production, Can't Be Indemnity For Market Value: P&H High CourtTitle: Ashok Kumar Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation, ChandigarhCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 486The 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 production of the property before the Court as and when required, and not to operate as an indemnity equivalent to the vehicle's full market value.Wife Must Use 10% Of Maintenance Amount For Skill Development To Become Financially Independent: Punjab & Haryana High CourtTitle: XXXX v. XXXXCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 487While 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 her capabilities and stature in life so as to become self-reliant, only then it would reflect that the true intent of the maintenance legislation has been fulfilled and the maintenance awarded is being utilized in its correct perspective. Therefore, this Court considered it appropriate to direct the petitioner, that out of the maintenance amount of Rs. 15,000/- awarded to her, she must utilize at least 10% thereof, for ...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15 - December 20, 2025

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