Gurugram School Murder Case| P&H High Court Rejects CBI's Plea To Transfer Trial From Children's Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that when a child in conflict with law is directed to be tried as an adult, the trial must be held by the Children's Court under Section 18(3) read with Section 1(4) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The trial cannot be shifted to the Court of the Special Judge, CBI, merely because the CBI investigated the case.Justice Manisha Batra dismissed the CBI's petition to transfer the trial of the juvenile accused in the 2017...

Sanction To Prosecute Public Servant Can't Substitute Superior Officer's Report U/S 223(2) BNSS For PMLA Cognizance: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the requirement of obtaining a factual report from a public servant's superior officer under Section 223(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, cannot be dispensed with merely because sanction for prosecution has been granted.The Court clarified that before taking cognizance of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) complaint under...

P&H High Court Refuses To Quash POCSO Case Against Man Accused Of Offering Money, Making Obscene Gestures At Minor Girls

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to quash, on the basis of a compromise, an FIR alleging sexual harassment of two minor girls. The Court held that offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 cannot ordinarily be treated as disputes of a “purely personal or private character”.Justice Neerja K. Kalson dismissed the petition. The Court noted that...

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...