Nominal Index [Citations 302 - 310]SXXXX v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 302Arshad v. State of Haryana and Ors. LiveLaw (PH) 303Jaswant and others v. State of Haryana and others LiveLaw (PH) 304Niyaz etc. v. State of Haryana LiveLaw (PH) 305XXX v. XXX LiveLaw (PH) 306 XXXXX v. XXXXX LiveLaw (PH) 307Suresh Kumar Sharma (deceased) through LRs v. State of Haryana and Ors.LiveLaw...
Nominal Index [Citations 302 - 310]
SXXXX v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 302
Arshad v. State of Haryana and Ors. LiveLaw (PH) 303
Jaswant and others v. State of Haryana and others LiveLaw (PH) 304
Niyaz etc. v. State of Haryana LiveLaw (PH) 305
XXX v. XXX LiveLaw (PH) 306
XXXXX v. XXXXX LiveLaw (PH) 307
Suresh Kumar Sharma (deceased) through LRs v. State of Haryana and Ors.LiveLaw (PH) 308
Kangana Ranaut v. Mahinder Kaur LiveLaw (PH) 309
Vikas Tomar @ Vikash Tomar v State of Haryana LiveLaw (PH) 310
Reports
Title: SXXXX v. State of Punjab
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 302
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR filed by former in-laws of a man citing it as an abuse of the legal process. The court observed that the dowry harassment case, lodged seven months after the couple's divorce and mutual settlement, lacked merit and appeared to be a misuse of the law.
Title: Arshad v. State of Haryana and Ors.
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 303
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the dismissal of a police officer who absented himself for more than 300 days from duty, without leave to visit a tantrik (exorcist) for treatment of black magic.
Title: Jaswant and others v. State of Haryana and others
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 304
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea seeking ₹1 crore in compensation for the kin of the deceased in the 2010 Mirchpur Dalit killing case.
Title:Niyaz etc. v. State of Haryana
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 305
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted three men–convicted of murder by the trial court, citing the absence of a recovered dead body and insufficient proof of the crime.
Title: XXX v. XXX
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 306
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to quash a rape case under POCSO Act on the basis of compromise between the victim and the accused.
Title: XXXXX v. XXXXX [CRR-1165-2025]
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 307
In a significant observation against stereotyping marginalized communities, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that it is arbitrary to assume that individuals living in slum areas are more likely to come into contact with criminals.
Title: Suresh Kumar Sharma (deceased) through LRs v. State of Haryana and Ors.
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 308
In a significant interpretation of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that criminal proceedings unrelated to an employee's official duties cannot be used as a ground to withhold gratuity.
Title: Kangana Ranaut v. Mahinder Kaur
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 309
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to quash summoning order filed by actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in defamation case filed over remarks made on 2021 farmers protest.
Ranaut had posted on Twitter that an elderly woman protester, Mahinder Kaur, was paid to participate in the agitation.
Title: Vikas Tomar @ Vikash Tomar v State of Haryana
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 310
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a man accused of replacing the national flag with a saffron flag atop a mosque.
The FIR was lodged under Sections 299, 3(5), 61(2) 196, 238 of the BNS and Section 2 of the Prevention of Insult to National Honours Act, 1971 at a Gurugram's police station.
Other Developments
Title: Rajkumar Rao VS State Of Punjab & Ors
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought a status report from the police in connection with a petition filed by Bollywood actor Rajkumar Rao seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
Title: Kirpal Singh and Others v. UOI & Ors
The Punjab & Haryana High Court sought response from Director General of Police (DGP), Central Government and other authorities on plea filed by farmers seeking direction to forward no-objection communication to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the withdrawal of FIRs registered against the protestors, in terms of Union's Policy issued in 2021.
Title: Pushpanjali Trust v. State of Punjab and others
Observing that every Magistrate, Police Officer and person in-charge of custodial institutions is entitled to inform person suffering with mental illness is entitled for free legal aid as per Mental Health Care Act, the Punjab & Haryana High Court called for judicial officers' training.
Title: Simranjeet Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought response from the Punjab government on a PIL seeking an investigation into three patient's death allegedly caused by lack of oxygen supply at a Jalandhar Civil Hospital.
Title: COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION V/S UT CHANDIGARH
The Punjab and Haryana High Court took suo motu cognizance of the deplorable conditions prevailing in Chandigarh's Sector 26 Vegetable Market, sharply questioning the UT Administration over its inaction.