Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 24 - November 30, 2025

Nominal Index

MUNNI DEVI v. PARDEEP AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 452

Chandandeep Singh v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 453

 SHAIK NOUSHAD AHAMMED v. STATE OF PUNJAB 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 454

Ameen v. State of Haryana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 455

Ramji v. State of Haryana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 456

 CHANDER MOHAN v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 457

Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 458

Ashwini Kumar v. Central Board of Direct Taxes and another 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 459

Reports

Accident Victim's Income Can Be Assessed Based On Govt Job Appointment Letter Even If He Had Not Joined: P&H High Court

Title: MUNNI DEVI v. PARDEEP AND OTHERS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 452

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has enhanced the compensation payable to the mother of a 21-year-old accident victim from ₹15.93 lakh to ₹44.55 lakh, holding that the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal erred in discarding an appointment letter issued to the deceased for a permanent post in the Department of Posts.

Justice Virinder Aggarwal said, "It is a matter of natural and reasonable inference that once an appointment letter is issued by a Government Department and the candidate has commenced the process of training/reporting, the future employment and earnings are not “speculative” or “contingent”. It becomes a reasonable and prospective certainty. The issuance of an appointment letter after the entire selection process carries with it a presumption of certainty of employment, subject only to completing formal joining."

Great Grand Son Not Eligible For Freedom Fighter Quota: Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Plea Of Constable Wrongly Appointed For 9 Yrs

Title: Chandandeep Singh v. State of Punjab and others

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 453

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed the petition of a Constable who, after serving for nine years, was found to have been wrongly appointed under the Freedom Fighter quota, holding that the benefit of freedom fighter quota cannot be availed by the Great Grand son of the freedom fighter.

Justice Jagmohan Bansal observed that, "there may be connivance or negligence on the part of members of the Committee. There is no mechanism to delve into mental state of the members of the Screening Committee, thus, it cannot be concluded that there was connivance or negligence on their part. If the petitioner is permitted to continue only on the sole ground that he has completed nine years service, it would legalize his illegal act."

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Bank Relationship Manager Accused In ₹1.03 Crore 'Digital Arrest' Case

Title: SHAIK NOUSHAD AHAMMED v. STATE OF PUNJAB

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 454

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a Relationship Manager of Canara Bank accused of facilitating the opening of a bank account, allegedly used in a cyber-fraud case involving “digital arrest” scam, where a woman from Mohali was duped of ₹1.03 crore by impersonators posing as police and CBI officials.

Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj, noted the "clean antecedents of the petitioner, absence of recovery, the arguable issues with respect to the role and responsibility of the petitioner as also the fact that further custodial detention of the petitioner is not warranted for investigation of the present case."

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' Slogan

Title: Ameen v. State of Haryana 

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 455

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a man accused of raising the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” during conflict between India and Pakistan in May, observing that the question of whether the offence under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 is made out would be a matter for trial.

Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj said, "The veracity of the allegations would be assessed only after the conclusion of the trial and on the appreciation of evidence to be led by both the parties before the trial Court."

'Rely Only On Authenticated Legal Precedents': Punjab & Haryana High Court Calls For Training Trial Judges On Use Of Online Tools

Title: Ramji v. State of Haryana

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 456

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has called for training of Judicial Officers on responsible and judicious use of the online information and technology.

The development ensued after an Additional Sessions Judge in Kurukshetra, while rejecting an anticipatory bail plea, relied on a headline from an online pop-up notification of a legal portal without reading the complete order. The High Court has called for the sensitisation and training of all judicial officers in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on responsible and authentic use of digital legal information.

Justice Sumeet Goel said, "I find it necessary to observe that reliance on pop-up notifications or brief extracts displayed by online applications, magazines or unverified digital platforms cannot be treated as a legitimate or authoritative source of law. The judicial orders must be founded strictly on authentic and verifiable legal material such as reported judgments, official publications, law journals of established credibility or certified copies."

P&H High Court Quashes Rejection Of Compassionate Assistance; Says Employee Deemed To Have Died In Service After Dismissal Order Was Quashed

Title: CHANDER MOHAN v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 457

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the State's decision rejecting a man's claim for compassionate assistance, holding that once the dismissal of his deceased father (a government employee) was quashed by the Court, he must be deemed to have died while in service—bringing the family within the ambit of the Haryana Compassionate Assistance Rules, 2006.

Allowing the writ petition, the Court quashed the impugned order passed in 2012 denying the petitioner's claim and directed the authorities to extend financial assistance under the 2006 Rules within four weeks.

Detained MP Amritpal Singh Moves Punjab & Haryana High Court After State Denies Parole To Attend Parliament's Winter Session

Title: Amritpal Singh v. Union of India & Others

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 458

Amritpal Singh, a sitting Member of Parliament, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the State's refusal to grant him parole to attend the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament.

Singh, who is presently detained under the National Security Act (NSA), has filed a writ petition seeking a writ of certiorari to quash the State of Punjab's order by which his application for temporary release/parole under Section 15 of the NSA was rejected. He has further sought a writ of mandamus directing the Union of India and the State of Punjab to permit his release on parole from December 1 to December 19, 2025, for the Winter Session of Parliament and to make appropriate arrangements to facilitate his personal attendance in the House.

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs CBDT To Issue Circular Extending ITR Due Date For Audit Cases To 30.11.2025 For A.Y. 2025-26

Title: Ashwini Kumar v. Central Board of Direct Taxes and another

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 459

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) to issue a circular extending the ITR (Income Tax Return) due date for audit cases to 30.11.2025 for the Assessment Year 2025-2026.

Justices Lisa Gill and Meenakshi I. Mehta were addressing a petition filed by the assessee/petitioner seeking a direction to the Central Board of Direct Taxes to extend the due date for filing of tax audit reports for a reasonable period from 30.09.2025 and, consequently, to further extend the due date for filing tax returns.