'Violates Article 21': High Court Quashes Haryana's Blanket Ban On Govt Employees' Foreign Travel

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down a Haryana Government instruction imposing a blanket ban on foreign travel, official or personal, by government employees, holding that such an indiscriminate prohibition, applied without regard to individual circumstances, violates Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "a blanket prohibition on an entire class...

P&H High Court Orders Inquiry Into Officers Responsible For Prolonged Murder Trial, Grants Interim Bail To Accused

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the District and Sessions Judge, Panipat, to conduct a fact-finding inquiry to identify the officials responsible for the prolonged pendency of an eight-year-old murder trial, while granting interim bail to an accused who has been in custody since 2018 for want of resources to furnish bail bonds despite an earlier bail order in his favour.Justice Sanjay Vashisth said, "learned District and Sessions Judge, Panipat, shall examine the record and...

Surety Can't Be Held Liable For Entire Bond Merely Because Parolee Committed Another Crime; Forfeiture Must Be Proportionate: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that forfeiture of a surety bond furnished for a prisoner's parole cannot be directed for the entire amount in a mechanical manner, and that the authority concerned must exercise its discretion on quantum judicially, having regard to whether the surety was guilty of any deliberate default, negligence or connivance in the breach.Justice Manisha Batra...

Immigration Fraud Under Garb Of Consultancy A "Growing Menace" That Merits Strict Scrutiny, Not Pre-Arrest Bail Leniency: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined anticipatory bail to a man accused of cheating a woman of ₹5.8 lakh on the pretext of sending her abroad to Canada, holding that immigration fraud of this kind "does not merely involve financial deceit but strikes at the very fabric of social trust, involving elements of human trafficking and cross-border immigration fraud."Justice Sumeet...

High Court Declines CBI Probe Into FIR Amid Marital Discord Between Two Haryana Judicial Officers

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined to transfer to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into an FIR lodged by a judicial officer against his wife's alleged paramour. The Court held that the case, arising from a bitter matrimonial dispute between the petitioner and his wife, both judicial officers in Haryana, does not meet the threshold of a "rare and exceptional"...

"Medical Record Appears Manipulated": P&H High Court Summons Doctor Whose Opinion Backed Attempt-To-Murder Charge, Grants Interim Bail To Accused

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted interim bail to a man accused of attempt to murder and other offences, after observing that the medical opinion relied upon to add the more serious charge against him "is apparent" to have been manipulated by the doctor who furnished it, and directing that the doctor be produced before the Court along with the complete hospital record.Justice...

Man Who Fought For Nation Deserves Appreciation: P&H High Court Says War Injury Pension Arrears Can't Be Restricted To Three Years

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside an order of the Armed Forces Tribunal restricting the arrears of war injury pension to three years preceding the filing of the original application, holding that once entitlement to the pension itself is not in dispute, the soldier or, as in this case, his widow is entitled to arrears from the date the entitlement first arose. [2026 LiveLaw...

BCI Appoints Punjab Advocate General Maninderjit Singh Bedi As Interim Chairman Of Bar Council Of Punjab & Haryana

The Bar Council of India has appointed Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Advocate General for the State of Punjab, as interim Chairman of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, by a decision taken by circulation on August 26 and communicated on August 27.The appointment fills a vacancy created when Pravindra Singh Chauhan, who had been holding interim charge of the State Bar Council since 04.05.2026,...

P&H High Court Directs Courts Not To Disclose Identity Of Children In Conflict With Law In Judicial Records, Cause Lists

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that the name or any identifying particulars of a Child in Conflict with Law (CCL) shall not be disclosed in any judicial order, judgment, or other publicly accessible judicial record, holding that the protection under Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 extends to judicial proceedings even though...

Husband Undertaking To Pay Business Liability Doesn't Exonerate Wife From Cheque Bounce Trial: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to quash proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 against a woman accused alongside her husband, holding that a Special Power of Attorney authorising him to act on her behalf, and to have his acts ratified as her own, could not be sidestepped merely because a subsequent settlement agreement recorded that his company...

45-Day Delay In Informing Detenue Of Right To Represent To Centre Violates Article 22(5): P&H High Court Quashes Preventive Detention

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the preventive detention of a woman under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act), holding that the authorities' failure to promptly inform her of her right to make a representation to the Central Government, followed by inordinate delays in transmitting and deciding her...

Prior Litigation Readily Available Online; Counsel's Ignorance Borders On Professional Dereliction: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that an advocate's "plea of ignorance" about prior litigation, despite the information being readily available on the Court's website, "borders on dereliction of requisite professionalism." [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 294]Justice Sumeet Goel said, "In an era where judicial transparency is bolstered by digital infrastructure, the failure to disclose...