Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10- November 16, 2025

Nominal IndexInderjeet Suhag and another v. State of Haryana and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 429 XXXXX VS STATE OF U.T. CHANDIGARH 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 430Nishi and Another v. Panjab University and Others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 431Suresh Jindal v. Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd and Another 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 432NAVNEET KUMAR V/S UNION TERRITORY OF THE CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 433Anuj Agarwal v. Serious Fraud Investigation Officer 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 434Amit Tanwar v. State of Haryana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 435Badri Mandal & others v. State of Haryana and another 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 436Kanchanpreet Kaur v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 437Sukhchain Masih @ Lalla v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 438ReportsWhen Alleged Offence Was Against Public Servant Acting In Official Capacity, FIR Cannot Be Quashed On Compromise: Punjab & Haryana High CourtTitle: Inderjeet Suhag and another v. State of Haryana and othersCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 429The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that offences committed against public servants in the discharge of their official duties cannot be treated as mere private disputes, in such cases FIR cannot be quashed on the basis of compromise between the parties.While dismissing the plea for quashing FIR filed by the accused in view of compromise with the complainant-Public Servant, the Court directed the Administrative Secretary of the Department [wherein the FIR-complainant-victims were serving at the time of alleged commission of offence(s)] to look into the matter regarding settlement entered into by them sans requisite administrative permission & take appropriate action.'Victim's Mental State Remaining Normal Casts Doubt On Veracity Of Allegations': P&H High Court Suspends Teacher's Sentence In POCSO CaseTitle: XXXXX VS STATE OF U.T. CHANDIGARH [CRM-48642-2024 in CRA-S-3761-2024]Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 430The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the sentence of a school teacher convicted for sexual harassment under Section 354-A IPC and Sections 10 & 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, during the pendency of his appeal.Justice Namit Kumar noted, "any child who would have experienced such an incident must have been mentally traumatised for a while, whereas, on 03.11.2022 the very next day of the alleged incident, the victim had attended the P.T.M. along with her parents and she also clicked some photographs in the school and uploaded the same on social media through her Instagram account with the caption "School Mein Maje"."State Can't Make Contractual Appointments On Minimum Salary For Infinity, Nor Take Advantage Of Mass Unemployment: P&H High CourtTitle: Nishi and Another v. Panjab University and OthersCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 431Coming down heavily on the prolonged practice of engaging employees on contractual terms, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the State cannot make contractual appointments for infinity on minimum salary, nor can it take advantage of mass unemployment to exploit its citizens.The observation was made while directing the Panjab University to regularise contractual Assistant Professors working on ad-hoc basis since 2012.No Disciplinary Proceedings Can Be Initiated After Dismissal Of Employee From Service: Punjab & Haryana High CourtTitle: Suresh Jindal v. Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd and AnotherCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 432The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that once the relationship of employer and employee has been conclusively severed by way of dismissal, the employer becomes functus officio and loses the jurisdiction to initiate or continue disciplinary proceedings against the dismissed employee.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "The foundational axiom governing disciplinary jurisdiction is the indispensable requirement of a subsisting jural relationship of master and servant, or employer and employee. This jurisdiction is inherently contingent upon the employee's active status within the organization."IPS Y Puran Suicide Case | Punjab & IPS Y Puran Suicide Case | Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea For Transferring Probe To Independent AgencyTitle: NAVNEET KUMAR V/S UNION TERRITORY OF THE CHANDIGARH AND OTHERSCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 433The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed the petition seeking transfer of the investigation into the suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar to an independent agency, observing that there was no ground to doubt the ongoing probe by the Chandigarh Police.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry noted, “ The learned Senior counsel representing UT Chandigarh Amit Jhanji has apprised that 14 persons are arrayed as accused in the said FIR and and pursuant to the lodging of aforesaid FIR, statements of 22 witnesses have been recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. [equivalent to Section 180 of BNSS] and certain items seized, have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh and...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10- November 16, 2025

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