P&H High Court Lays Down Formula To Calculate Amount Payable For Restoration Of Plot Resumed Over Instalment Default

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has laid down a formula for deciding what a defaulting allottee must pay when a resumption order passed for non-payment of instalments is set aside. Under the formula, the allottee pays the unpaid percentage of the allotment price, applied to the current reserve price of a similar plot, rather than only the old dues with interest and penalty.A Division Bench...

P&H High Court Emphasizes "Humanized Confinement", Says Life Convict's Need To Care For Disabled Son Relevant For Parole

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that parole, being a beneficial measure with reformative and humanitarian aims, cannot be refused on mere surmise that the convict's release might cause a local law-and-order disturbance.A Division Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Harmeet Singh Deol granted eight weeks' parole to a convict serving life imprisonment for murder. He had...

Trusteeship Of Public Charitable Trust Prima Facie Cannot Be Bequeathed Through Will: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a co-trustee of a public charitable trust, prima facie, cannot appoint a successor to her seat through her will. The Court said trusteeship is a personal office of confidence that does not pass by inheritance, and that management of a public trust cannot become a “hereditary or family entitlement.”Justice Deepak Gupta partly allowed a...

Accused Facing Offences Punishable With Less Than 10 Years Can't Be Declared 'Proclaimed Offender' U/S 84(4) BNSS: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that an accused facing offences that are not punishable with imprisonment of ten years or more cannot be declared a “proclaimed offender” under Section 84(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. At most, such an accused can be declared a “proclaimed person” or “absconder.”Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal set aside a...

P&H High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On Punjab Chief Secretary In Contempt Plea Over Non-Payment Of DA Arrears

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today imposed ₹1 Lakh costs in contempt plea against Chief Secretary KP Sinha over-non compliance of the High Court's order for payment of pending dearness allowance (DA) to government employees.Justice Harsh Bunger also directed the Chief Secretary to file his affidavit explaining non compliance of the direction and to remain present on the next...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice To Google, Centre On Student's Plea For Recovery Of Locked Gmail Accounts

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by a 19-year-old engineering student who has been locked out of his Google accounts since his mobile phone was stolen in August 2024. He says Google has not complied with a Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) order directing it to help him recover his data.Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya issued notice of motion, and notice...

Convict Sentenced To Life Without Parole Must Get Condition Modified Before Seeking Temporary Release: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused parole to a convict sentenced to imprisonment for the whole of his biological life without parole. The Court held that so long as this condition in the sentencing order stands, granting parole would run against the trial court's sentence.A Division Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Harmeet Singh Deol dismissed the writ petition. The...

Contractual Legal Aid Defense Counsel Have No Vested Right To Continue In Service: P&H High Court Upholds Premature Termination

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed two writ petitions by Legal Aid Defense Counsels (LADCs) in Haryana, challenging the termination of their contracts from September 30, 2026, although their engagements had been extended up to March 31, 2027.Justice Nidhi Gupta held that the appointments were purely contractual and that the petitioners had “no vested right to demand continuation...

Maternal Care Indispensable For Development: P&H High Court Restores Custody Of 6-Year-Old Girl To Mother

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted a mother custody of her six-and-a-half-year-old daughter, who had been with the paternal family since October 2025. The Court observed that the custody of a child of tender age should ordinarily rest with the mother.Justice Sumeet Goel said,“The custody of a minor child, who is of tender age, should ordinarily rest with the mother as it is a...

Social Media Users Must Be Given Copy Of Govt Intimation To Intermediary For Content Blocking: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a social media user whose content is targeted for blocking must be furnished a copy of the government's intimation to the intermediary immediately after it is sent, holding that such disclosure is essential to ensure compliance with the principles of natural justice.Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya observed that although the Information...

Reinstatement Of Daily-Wage Workman Is Not Automatic In Case Of Illegal Termination, Instead Monetary Compensation Is Appropriate: Punjab & Haryana High Court

A Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court comprising Justice Suvir Sehgal and Justice Deepinder Singh Nalwa held that a daily-wage workman whose termination violates Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is not automatically entitled to reinstatement, but instead to reasonable monetary compensation determined by factors such as length of service, nature...

Facebook Page Blocking | Police Intimation To Intermediary Must Come From DIG Or Above, SP Cannot Act As Delegatee: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside a notice issued by the Superintendent of Police, Yamuna Nagar, under which Meta blocked a news company's Facebook page in India. The Court held that under the IT Rules, 2021, a police intimation to an intermediary can be issued only by an officer not below the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) who has been specially authorised for...