Punjab and Haryana High Court
'Can't Shut Our Eyes': P&H High Court Halts Construction, Land Transfers In 16 Villages Near Chandigarh Pending Forest Land Demarcation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained all construction and development activity in sixteen villages in the Shivalik foothills near Chandigarh, including Karoran, Nada and Siswan and directed the State of Punjab to complete the demarcation of forest land in the area within six weeks, more than a decade after the Supreme Court first directed such an exercise to be carried...
"Crass & Ignorant": High Court Slams Haryana Govt For Denying Compassionate Appointment To Son Of Officer Who Died During Galwan Operation
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a writ petition filed by the son of a Brigadier-rank Army officer who died while serving in "Operation Snow Leopard", directing the State of Haryana to grant him compassionate appointment as a dependent of a "Battle Casualty," and expressing sharp displeasure at the State's stand rejecting his claim. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 240] Operation Snow Leopard...
Arrest Memo Can't Be Equated With Grounds Of Arrest: P&H High Court Grants Bail To Woman Booked In Heroin Smuggling Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to a woman accused in an NDPS case involving the recovery of over 10 kilograms of heroin allegedly dropped by a drone from Pakistan, holding that her arrest appeared, prima facie, to have been effected without communicating the grounds of arrest to her or her nominated relative, as mandated under Article 22(1) of the Constitution and...
Absence Of Injuries Despite Claim Of Violent Struggle: P&H High Court Acquits Man Convicted For Rape 22 Years Ago
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted an appellant convicted in rape case in 2004, holding that the cumulative effect of several infirmities in the prosecution evidence, including the complete absence of injuries despite the prosecutrix's claim of a violent struggle created a reasonable doubt sufficient to displace the conviction. [2026 LL (PH) 240]Justice Rupinderjit Chahal said,...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Backs Protest Against LADC Policy, Announces Suspension Of Court Work
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association (PHHCBA) has announced that work at the High Court will remain suspended on July 24, 2026 (Friday), in solidarity with advocates observing a hunger strike against the implementation of the Legal Aid Defence Counsel (LADC) Policy.In a notice dated July 23, 2026, the Executive Committee of the Association said it “expresses its...
P&H High Court Directs Visa Fraud Accused To Publish Details Of All FIRs Against Her In Newspapers As Condition To Consider Quashing Plea
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed a visa fraud accused, seeking quashing of an FIR on the basis of compromise, to publish a detailed public notice disclosing her criminal antecedents.Justice Alok Jain said, “Having considered the nature of the allegations, the material on record and the criminal antecedents of the petitioner, this Court is of the view that allegations of...
LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 13 - July 19, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations 228 - 239]Anand Singh v. State of Haryana (CRA-D-1055-2023) with State of Haryana v. Anand Singh 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 228Surmukh Singh and others v. Smt. Debo and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 229State of Haryana v. DHARAMPAL AND OTHERS 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 230Dr. Shyam Bihari v. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 231XXX v. State of Punjab & others 2026 LiveLaw (PH)...
Can States Impose Higher Qualifications Beyond UGC Norms For Appointment Of College Professors? P&H High Court Larger Bench To Decide
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging an Advertisement issued by the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) for recruitment to 123 posts of Assistant Professor (Chemistry, College Cadre), holding that the additional Screening Test and Subject Knowledge Test prescribed by the State did not violate the UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of...
1.5 Kg Of Khoya, 28 Years Of Litigation: P&H High Court Reduces Jail Term To Period Already Undergone In Food Adulteration Case
In a case that began with the seizure of 1.5 kilograms of khoya from a shop in Hoshiarpur in 1998, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has reduced the substantive jail sentence of a now-elderly convict to the period he had already undergone, invoking the speedy trial under Article 21 to a conviction under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 237].Justice...
Sexual Violence Against A Minor Shatters Victim's Future "Into Pieces": P&H High Court Denies Bail To POCSO Accused
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied regular bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor child, holding that courts must be especially mindful while dealing with bail applications in cases of sexual violence against children, given the lasting and irreversible impact of such offences. Justice Sumeet Goel said, "...while considering matters involving sexual offences, a Court...
P&H High Court Upholds Acquittal In Son's Murder Case, Disbelieves Theory That Poison Was Administered In Milk Without Deceased Detecting Smell
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the acquittal of a man, his brother and his brother's wife in a case where a mother had alleged that they conspired to poison and kill her 22-year-old son by administering Aluminium Phosphide mixed in milk. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 236].It held that the compound's strong, pungent smell made it "incomprehensible" that it could have been administered...