Gurugram Facing Persistent Water Crisis, Rainwater Not Used Effectively: P&H High Court Seeks Remedial Measures, Summons Deputy Commissioner

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that Gurugram faces a persistent shortage of potable water, with groundwater levels falling for decades because of indiscriminate use of borewells. It has asked all parties to submit written suggestions on remedial measures.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor said that unless appropriate and...

Threatening Lawyer To Withdraw Case Is 'Direct Attack' On Justice System: P&H High Court Orders FIR, SIT Probe

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered an FIR and the constitution of a Special Investigation Team, headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector General of Police, after the petitioner's counsel reported receiving threats from an international number demanding that he withdraw the plea seeking fair investigation involving accused lodged in jail.It was alleged that the petitioner's...

GST Arrest Despite Court-Directed Appearance Was 'Brazen Act Of Highhandedness': Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Release Of Businessman

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the immediate release of a Ludhiana businessman arrested by Central GST officers after he appeared before them on the Court's own direction, while his writ petition was still pending. The Court called the arrest "a brazen act of highhandedness where the constitutional safeguards available to a citizen have not been adhered to."A Division Bench...

Toll Plaza Within 5 Km Of Municipal Limits Valid If Highway Serves Locals; P&H High Court Says Halting Project Not In Interest Of Justice

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to interfere with the siting of a toll plaza on National Highway-07, about 4.75 km from the municipal limits of Fazilka. It held that halting a highway project that is almost complete, and undertaken for the nation's development, would not serve the interest of justice.A Division Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri and Justice Pravindra...

State Obligated To Rehabilitate 1984 Operation Blue Star Oustees: P&H High Court Slashes Shop Allotment Rates

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Punjab to allot shop sites to shopkeepers displaced from around Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, during Operation Blue Star in 1984, at ₹1,000 per square yard. This is the rate given in 1988 to oustees of the later Galiara beautification scheme. The State had fixed a rate of ₹38,400 per square yard in 2012.A Division Bench of...

'Search Is Over, Alleged Detenues Set Free': Punjab Withdraws Habeas Corpus Plea Against ED Raid

The State of Punjab has withdrawn its habeas corpus petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court over the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) search at the headquarters of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) after the search ended and the officers it alleged were illegally confined on the premises were set free.Justice Sanjay Vashisth, "Faced with the changed...

P&H High Court Holds Late-Night WhatsApp Hearing On Punjab Govt's Plea Alleging ED Detained Top Bureaucrats

The Punjab & Haryana High Court held a late-night hearing via WhatsApp last night, on Punjab Government's plea alleging detention of top bureaucrats by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after raid on the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA).The WhatsApp video call at about 10:42 p.m at Camp office was facilitated from a Mobile Phone belonging to a Senior Assistant of...

Right To Livelihood Not License To Violate Law Protecting 'Unique Chandigarh': High Court Upholds Demolition Of Poultry Shed

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld a demolition order against structures raised for a fish and poultry business on agricultural land in village Mani Majra, Chandigarh. It held that the right to livelihood cannot protect an activity that is otherwise illegal.A Division Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri and Justice Pravindra Singh Chauhan said that accepting the livelihood...

Accused Can't Disown Counsel's Surrender Statement By Changing Lawyer To File Second Anticipatory Bail Plea: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a second anticipatory bail petition by a truck owner in an NDPS case. It held that a litigant cannot disown a statement his earlier counsel made in court simply by engaging a new lawyer, and that a change of counsel or legal strategy is not a change in circumstances.Justice Alok Jain observed that allowing this would "open a Pandora's box"...

Prima Facie 'Horrific': P&H High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Senior Citizen Accused Of Molesting Niece

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied pre-arrest bail to a 63-year-old man accused of sexually harassing his niece, who had been living in his house for work. The Court relied on a transcript of a call in which he allegedly admitted to "a very big mistake" and asked her not to make an issue of it.Justice Ramesh Kumari held that the transcript "clearly prima facie points out that...

LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Roundup: September 14 - September 20, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 327 - 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 337]Vijay Sharma vs. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 327Davinder Singh Nirwal @ Dev v. Directorate of Enforcement 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 328ROBIN SINGH ALIAS ROBIN v. STATE OF HARYANA 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 329M/s Super Cardio Devices Private Limited and others v. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 330 Akbar Khan and another v. State...

High Court Summons Punjab Chief Secretary Over Payment Of Pending DA To State Employees

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today summoned Punjab's Chief Secretary over delay in payment of pending Dearness Allowance (DA) to State Employees.In August, the High Court had dismissed a batch of Letters Patent Appeals filed by the Punjab Government and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), affirming that once the State adopted the Central Government pattern for grant of...