Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 26 - June 01, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 234 - 244]

KAMLESH v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 234

Kuldeep Singh v. Union of India and others LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 235

Sudhir Pramar v. Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh and others LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 236

STATE OF HARYANA v. SUMIT @ FUNDI & ANOTHER LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 237

RAN VEER v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 238

Rustam Garg v. Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh and others LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 239

Satyaveer Singh v. State of Haryana and others LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 240

 GXXXX v. State of Punjab LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 241

Malkit Singh and another v. State of U. T. Chandigarh and others LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 242

GURMEET SINGH V/S STATE OF PUNJAB LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 243

Narinder Kumar Joshi v. Directorate General, Goods & Service Tax Intelligence LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 244

Reports

Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Report On Policy To Prevent Terrorists, Criminals From Making Their Vehicles Bulletproof

Title: KAMLESH v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 234

"Expressing shock" as how an alleged A-category gangster was able to get modified bulletproof vehicle registered in Punjab, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought affidavits from the State Governments, Union Territory and the Centre.

Right To Personal Liberty Includes Right To Hold Or Possess Passport: P&H High Court

Title: Kuldeep Singh v. Union of India and others

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 235

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has reiterated that mere pendency of a criminal case cannot be considered a valid ground to deny passport facilities to a person.

Referring to a catena of judgments, Justice Harsh Bunger in his order said,

"mere pendency of criminal case cannot be the ground to deny passport facilities to an applicant since right to personal liberty not only includes applicant's right to travel abroad, but also applicant's right to possess or hold a passport."

P&H High Court Sets Deadline For Concluding Disciplinary Action Against Judges

Title: Sudhir Pramar v. Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh and others

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 236

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the High Court to ensure that all disciplinary enquiry against judges are completed within 6 months and 25 days.

Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice H.S. Grewal said, "The High Court is requested to ensure that in all, ongoing and as well as disciplinary inquiries to be initiated in the future, the following time line (6 months and 25 days) be adhered to failing which punitive action be taken against Inquiry Officer or any other erring personnel of the High Court."

Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Two Sentenced To Death For Gang Rape And Murder

Title: STATE OF HARYANA v. SUMIT @ FUNDI & ANOTHER

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 237

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted two men who had been convicted and sentenced to death by the Trial Court in 2022 for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl.

A bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill and Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi said, "...there is some suspicion regarding the accused having committed the offence. However, the chain of circumstantial evidence available on record is not so complete so as to conclusively and unerringly point towards the guilt of the accused."

P&H High Court Issues Directions To Curb 'Gang Culture'; Says FIRs Should Not Be Made Public To Protect Complainants

Title: RAN VEER v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 238

Observing that "it is baffling to see that in spite of the widespread nature of this malady, no legislative framework to combat the same," the Punjab & Haryana High Court issued slew of directions to Governments of both the states to deal with gangster related activities and organised crime.

High Court Permits Re-Evaluation Of Punjab Civil Judge Aspirant's Answer Sheet By Expert Panel

Title: Rustam Garg v. Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh and others

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 239

The Punjab & Haryana High Court while allowing a Punjab Civil Judge 2016 candidate's plea for re-evaluation of a question in English paper, said that when impugned evaluation if found to be wholly erroneous it must be send to another expert panel.

Forfeiting 10 Increments For Police Officer Being Absent From Duty For One Day 'Disproportionate': P&H High Court

Title: Satyaveer Singh v. State of Haryana and others

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 240

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that forfeiting 10 annual increments of a police officer for being absent from duty for one day is disproportionate to the misconduct.

Anticipatory Bail Can Be Filed From Abroad But Accused Must Come To India Before Final Hearing: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Title: GXXXX v. State of Punjab

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 241

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that although "an application for pre-arrest bail can be filed even by a person residing outside the country, however, the only limitation is that prior to the final hearing, the applicant must be inside the country" to enable the Court to impose and enforce bail conditions.

'We're A Country Where Clerks Become Chief Justices, Tribal Lady Becomes President': P&H High Court On Elites Belittling Small Businesses

Title: Malkit Singh and another v. State of U. T. Chandigarh and others

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 242

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has frowned upon the "elite class" still following the Britishers and looking down upon their own countrymen doing small businesses.

A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta said that we're a country of homogenous population where "a Tribal lady of a remote village can now be the President of India, and a worker from the grass-root level may reach up to the highest echelons of the administration."

Sowing Agriculture Crop No Ground For Interim Bail, Even If Allowed Who Will Look After It? Punjab & Haryana High Court

Title: GURMEET SINGH V/S STATE OF PUNJAB

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 243

The Punjab & Haryana High Court denied the plea for interim bail of four weeks in an attempt to murder case, which was sought by the accused for the purpose of sowing agriculture crop for the the upcoming season.

Jail Is Not Rule In All Economic Offences, No Bar On Granting Bail When Allegations Not Grave: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Title: Narinder Kumar Joshi v. Directorate General, Goods & Service Tax Intelligence

Citation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 244

Observing that jail should not be the norm in all economic offences, especially when the allegations are not of a grave nature, the Punjab & Haryana High Court recently granted relief in a tax evasion case.

Other Developments

Guru Gobind Singh Allowed Water Even To Enemies: Centre While Opposing Punjab Govt's Plea Against Allocation Of Extra Dam Water To Haryana

The Union, Haryana government and the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) on Monday (May 26) opposed the Punjab Government's application to recall Court's May 06 order, which paved way for release of 'extra water' from Bhakra Nangal Dam to Haryana

P&H High Court Refuses Withdrawal Of M3M Director's Plea To Quash Bribery FIR Involving Trial Judge, Questions Handling Of Case

Case Tite: ROOP BANSAL V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday (May 27) refused to allow withdrawing of a petition filed for quashing of a 2023 FIR against M3M company's director Roop Bansal accused of conspiring to bribe a Trial Court judge.

Bansal was accused under Sections 7,8,11,13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.

Punjab & Haryana High Court Puts In 'Abeyance' Stay On PMLA Case Against M3M Director Till July 30

Title: DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT V/S ROOP KUMAR BANSAL AND OTHERS

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has put Trial Court's stay on proceeding in Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) case against M3M Company director Roop Bansal and other accused in abeyance.