Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [February 10-16, 2025]

Nominal Index [Citations 62 - 77]RENU SHARMA AND ORS v. HARYANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 2024 LiveLaw (PH) 62RAMAN @ SONU v. STATE OF PUNJAB 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 63 Aaditya Sharma v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 64Amandeep Singh v. Preet Industries and Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 65Dhanna Ram v. State of Haryana Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 66Ravisan and others v. State of Punjab and others [along with other pleas] 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 67Kumar Pal and others v. Union of India and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 68YATENDER PAL v. STATE OF HARYANA 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 69Punjab & Sind Bank and another v. Surinder Kumar Verma 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 70M/S RAMPRASTHA DEVELOPERS PVT LTD AND ORS v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 71AVTAR SINGH PANNU v. STATE OF PUNJAB 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 72DLF CITY RESIDENTS WELFARE ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF HARYNA AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 73Union of India and another v. Sukhpreet Kaur and another 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 74Gagandeep @ Monti v. Sukhbir Singh and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 75 MANJINDERSINGH @MANJINDERMAKHA VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 76Naveen and others v. State of Haryana and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 77Reports Govt Job Is A Dream, Oversight Due To Anxiety Should Not Haunt: P&H HC Grants Relief To Candidates Disqualified For Not Filling Booklet Series In OMRTitle: RENU SHARMA AND ORS v. HARYANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (PH) 62The Punjab & Haryana High Court allowed plea of candidates challenging their disqualification in Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) due to not filing booklet series in the OMR sheet, observing that "securing a public employment is a dream for a common person and the failure to compete in the same solely due to certain inadvertent omissions would crush the entire career prospects of a candidate, more so, it is only occasionally that advertisements for such public employment are issued.""Reviving Khalistani Moment Threat To Sovereignty": Punjab & Haryana HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Circulating 'Inflammatory Videos' On Social MediaTitle: RAMAN @ SONU v. STATE OF PUNJABCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 63The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to grant bail to a man accused of writing provocative slogans supporting the Khalistani movement on walls and circulating inflammatory videos on social media.Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul said, "Prima facie the allegations against the petitioner are not only serious but strike at the core of national integrity and public security. The petitioner is accused of orchestrating activities aimed at reviving the Khalistani movement which poses significant threats to the stability of the State of Punjab and the nation as a whole."In NDPS Cases Where Sentence Is Of 10 Yrs Accused Should Generally Not Be Released On Bail: Punjab & Haryana High CourtTitle: Aaditya Sharma v. State of PunjabCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 64The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that in cases involving offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), where sentence is of ten years, the accused should generally be not released on bail. Justice Manisha Batra said, "It has been seen that the denial of bail has prevented the accused from fleeing from the criminal justice and protected the society by preventing that additional criminal activity. It is believed that the graver the crime the graver is the chances of absconding. Even otherwise, in NDPS cases, where the sentence is of ten years, the accused should generally be not released on bail as in such like cases, negation of bail is the rule and its grant is an exception."'Shocking', 'Lower Court Records Not Received By Appellate Court For 5 Yrs': Punjab & Haryana HC Calls Judicial Officer's Actions 'UnacceptableTitle: Amandeep Singh v. Preet Industries and Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 65The Punjab & Haryana High Court has expressed shock at the actions of a judicial officer who failed to call for the lower court record of a case he was hearing on appeal for five years. The Court noted that the judge continued passing routine orders for five years without taking any effective steps to summon the case record from the Court situated in the same district.Justice N.S Shekhawat noted, "Shockingly, the lower Court record was not received by the Appellate Court for a period of more than five years from a local court itself. It is really painful to notice that the Presiding Officers of the Appellate Court had passed routine orders and did not bother to take any effective steps for summoning the lower Court record."Punjab & Haryana HC Acquits Man Of 'Unsound Mind' Convicted Of Murdering 3 Yr-Old Daughter, Says Insanity Doesn't Render Person InhumanTitle: Dhanna Ram v. State of HaryanaCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 66Finding that the convict was mentally unsound at the time of incident, the Punjab & Haryana High Court acquitted a man convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murdering his three-year-old daughter.The Court...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [February 10-16, 2025]

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