Nominal Index [Citations 220 - 233]Chandu Lal v. Smt. Maya Devi deceased through LRs LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 220Ayush Ahuja v. Union of India LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 221 Taranjeet Singh v. State of Punjab LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 222Rajeev Arora v. Central Bureau of Investigation LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 223Dharminder Singh @ Tunda v. State of Punjab LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 224M/s Kamboj Ultrasound and Diagnostic Pvt....
Nominal Index [Citations 220 - 233]
Chandu Lal v. Smt. Maya Devi deceased through LRs LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 220
Ayush Ahuja v. Union of India LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 221
Taranjeet Singh v. State of Punjab LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 222
Rajeev Arora v. Central Bureau of Investigation LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 223
Dharminder Singh @ Tunda v. State of Punjab LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 224
M/s Kamboj Ultrasound and Diagnostic Pvt. Ltd. & ors v. State of Haryana LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 225
Bagel Singh v. State of Punjab LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 226
State of U. T. Chandigarh and others v. Poonam and others LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 227
Daljit Kaur v. State of Punjab and others LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 228
JAGDISH SINGH BHOLLA V/S STATE OF PUNJAB LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 229
XXX v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 230
Ronnie Singh Salh v. State of Punjab LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 231
Shifali Verma and others v. Panjab University, Chandigarh and another LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 232
NEERAJ v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER [along with connected petitions] LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 233
Reports
Punjab & Haryana High Court Warns Litigant For Making 'Intemperate' Remarks On Judges
Title: Chandu Lal v. Smt. Maya Devi deceased through LRs
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 220
The Punjab and Haryana High Court left a litigant with stern warning who made "intemperate remarks" against three High Court judges and District Judge, considering that he lacked legal knowledge.
Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects PIL Seeking 'Martyr' Status For Pahalgam Terror Attack Victims
Title: Ayush Ahuja v. Union of India
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 221
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday (May 20) rejected a PIL seeking to declare the 26 tourists who died in the Pahalgam Terrorist Attack as "Martyrs".
Title: Taranjeet Singh v. State of Punjab
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 222
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has flagged a "disturbing trend" in which, under the guise of the seemingly simple job title of “Bouncer,” employers are increasingly enabling a culture of intimidation and bullying.
Title: Rajeev Arora v. Central Bureau of Investigation
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 223
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a series of petitions challenging the summoning orders issued in the high-profile Manesar land scam case, which involves former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda. The petitions were filed by various accused seeking relief from the criminal proceedings initiated by a special CBI court.
Title: Dharminder Singh @ Tunda v. State of Punjab
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 224
If an accused sets up a claim of his false implication on the ground that no sensible person would carry contraband in a transparent bag on the logic that such visibility makes detection certain and thus defies common sense, then at the same time, this very logic must also apply to the police, said the Punjab & Haryana High Court.
Title: M/s Kamboj Ultrasound and Diagnostic Pvt. Ltd. & ors v. State of Haryana
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 225
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the conviction order passed in 2008 under Pre-Conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PC and PNDT Act) after finding that the complaint against the diagnostic centre was not made by the appropriate authority.
Title: Bagel Singh v. State of Punjab
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 226
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has expressed concern over the growing number of property fraud cases against Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), terming it a “disturbing trend."
Title: State of U. T. Chandigarh and others v. Poonam and others
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 227
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.25,000 on Union Territory of Chandigarh for mechanically rejecting a specially-abled daughter's claim for family pension.
Title: Daljit Kaur v. State of Punjab and others
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 228
Observing that allowing the act of policeman who shot a man without giving opportunity to arrest, "to go unchecked would effectively mean validating a death sentence, passed not in line with the due process of law", the Punjab & Haryana High Court granted Rs. 15 lakh compensation to deceased's mother.
Title: JAGDISH SINGH BHOLLA V/S STATE OF PUNJAB
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 229
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday suspended sentence and granted bail to dismissed Punjab DSP Jagdish Bhola, who is alleged kingpin in the 2013 multi-crore drug racket.
Title: XXX v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 230
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that the offence of outraging modesty of a woman in a public place cannot be compromised and would fall in the category of a serious offence "notwithstanding the fact that the punishment provided under Section 354 of the IPC is imprisonment for a term of not less than one year but which may extend to five years."
Title: Ronnie Singh Salh v. State of Punjab
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 231
The Punjab & Haryana High Court rejected the pre-arrest bail plea of a Punjab Police Personnel allegedly involved in the brutally assaulting an Army Officer and his son.
Title: Shifali Verma and others v. Panjab University, Chandigarh and another
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 232
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to quash the law entrance examination conducted by Panjab University for the 5-year undergraduate law course, which was challenged on the grounds of being too difficult.
Title: NEERAJ v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER [along with connected petitions]
Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 233
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the Haryana Government's 2019 notification awarding up to 10 bonus marks for “socio-economic criteria and experience” in recruitment for Group B and C posts, after holding it to be in violation of Articles of 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution.
Other Development
Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Response On Plea To Regulate Slaughter Houses In Chandigarh
Title: Union Territory of Chandigarh, Department of Local Government through its Secretary and others
The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday (May 19) sought response form the Chandigarh Authorities on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking directions to constitute a committee to regulate slaughter houses in the city.
Title : Satish Kumar v. UT Chandigarh
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has raised serious concerns over the exorbitant security deposit of ₹20 lakh being charged for entry into a mental health facility under the jurisdiction of the Chandigarh Union Territory (UT) Administration.
Title: SHAMSHER SINGH @ SHERA VS STATE OF PUNJAB
After facing the Punjab and Haryana High Court's wrath the Punjab Government informed the Court that committees at the range and commissionerate levels have been constituted to scrutinise cases involving drugs smuggling from Punjab Jails.
Title: Pushpanjali Trust v. State of Punjab and others
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the State Governments of Punjab & Haryana High Court to notify rules under the Mental Health Act, 2017 within 60 days, observing that without it Act "will not be able to achieve its objective for which it has been promulgated."
Title: PRAKASH SINGH MARWAH V/S UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
Expressing "serious concern about the functioning of the Chandigarh Police", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has summoned the Director-General of Police (DGP) Chandigarh in plea seeking removal of video of a lawyer from social media, allegedly leaked by Police Officials.
Punjab & Haryana High Court Receives Bomb Threat, Courtrooms Vacated As Precautionary Measure
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday afternoon was gripped by tension after a bomb threat was received, prompting immediate security measures and the evacuation of courtrooms as a precautionary step.
Title: MALKIT SINGH AND OTHERS VS. STATE OF PUNJAB
Observing that State authorities have categorised them as "second class citizen" by failing to process premature release applications of eligible prisoners, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed to release 412 inmates of Punjab prisons.