Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Husband in Dowry Death Case; Holds Dying Declaration Unreliable Due to Procedural Lapses and Medical Inconsistencies

Supreme Court Holds That Prolonged Pre-Trial Incarceration in PMLA Cases Violates Article 21 and Statutory Bail Embargo Cannot Result in Indefinite Detention When Trial Is Not Likely to Commence

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds ED Arrests Under PMLA in Ramprastha Group Case; Holds Compliance with Section 19 Established and Scope of Judicial Review Limited

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Bail Granted to Juvenile Accused in Murder Case; Holds Failure to Assess Exposure to Criminality and Risk to Child’s Welfare

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Proclaimed Offender Declaration for Non-Compliance with Mandatory Preconditions; Holds Abscondence Must Be Judicially Recorded

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Quash Recruitment Process for Senior Assistant-cum-Inspector Posts; Holds Mere Similarity in Answer Patterns Insufficient to Establish Systemic Malpractice

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Transfer of Defamation Complaint; Imposes Costs for Baseless Allegations of Judicial Bias and Forum Shopping

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Rape and Cheating FIR Arising from Failed Consensual Relationship; Holds Breach of Promise to Marry Not Rape Per Se

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Regular Bail to Advocate Accused of Demanding Bribe to Influence Judicial Outcome; Holds Allegations Strike at Institutional Integrity

Supreme Court Holds That High Courts Cannot Conduct a Mini-Trial While Granting Bail and Mandatory Medical Age Determination Must Be Undertaken in POCSO Investigations

Supreme Court Holds That AICTE Career Advancement Regulations Do Not Apply to Direct Recruitment of Professors Under State Recruitment Rules and Candidates Cannot Challenge Selection Criteria After Participating

Supreme Court Holds That Aluminium Mushroom Growing Racks Are ‘Aluminium Structures’ and Not ‘Parts of Agricultural Machinery’ for Customs Classification Purposes

Supreme Court Holds That Anti-Corruption Bureau FIRs Registered by Notified ACB Offices Remain Valid Post Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation and Cannot Be Quashed on Hyper-Technical Jurisdictional Grounds

Supreme Court Holds That Cognizance of a Belated Complaint Under Section 138 NI Act Is Impermissible Unless Delay Is Condoned First Under Proviso to Section 142(1)(b)

Supreme Court Holds That Prolonged Incarceration Alone Does Not Override the Statutory Embargo on Bail Under Section 43D(5) UAPA and Bail Must Be Decided on Individualised Role and Prima Facie Material

Supreme Court Holds That Contempt Jurisdiction Can Be Used to Secure Complete Compliance of Its Directions and Orders Refund of Non-Judicial Stamp Value Despite Statutory Limitation Rules

Supreme Court Holds That Acquittal Cannot Be Reversed in a Circumstantial Evidence Case Where the Chain of Circumstances Is Incomplete and Confessional Statements Are Unreliable and Uncorroborated

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Vacation of Temporary Injunction After Execution of Registered Sale Deed; Holds Non-Payment of Consideration Does Not Invalidate Sale

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail to Visa Agent Accused of Supplying Forged Educational Certificates; Holds Custodial Interrogation Necessary

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Proclaimed Person Declaration Where Accused Was Residing Abroad; Holds Mandatory Requirements of Section 82 CrPC Not Met

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Death Sentence and Conviction for Procedural Lapses Under Section 313 CrPC; Orders De Novo Consideration of Evidence

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Regular Bail in Large-Scale Cyber Fraud Targeting Retired IAS Officer; Notes Active Facilitation and Receipt of Proceeds

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declares Adoption Deed Invalid for Want of Proof of Lawful Adoption; Sets Aside Decrees and Mutations Based on Alleged Adoption

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Retrospective Seniority and Promotion Benefits; Holds Employee Bound by Initial Acceptance of Appointment Terms

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Regular Bail in NDPS Case Involving Commercial Quantity and Alleged Drug Proceeds; Holds Section 37 Bar Attracted

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Count Dismissal Period as Qualifying Service for Pension; Upholds Treatment of Period as Dies Non Under Punjab Police Rules

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Regular Bail in Brutal Murder Case; Notes Specific Naming by Deceased and Gravity of Offences Under BNS and Arms Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Arrest, Non-Bailable Warrants and Proclamation for Breach of Section 82 CrPC; Holds Absconding Must Be Judicially Established

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Proclaimed Offender Declaration for Non-Compliance with Section 82 CrPC; Holds Fresh Proclamation Mandatory After Adjournment

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Family Pension and Gratuity to Heirs of Removed Employee; Holds Prior Removal Breaks Qualifying Service

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Panjab University to Conduct Special Examination After Student Was Supplied Wrong Question Paper; Holds Academic Future Must Prevail Over Procedural Rigidity

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Civil Court Jurisdiction Barred in Evacuee Property Dispute; Dismisses Second Appeal Under Section 46 of 1950 Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Regular Bail to Woman Accused in Murder Conspiracy Case; Notes Abscondence and Seriousness of Allegations

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Cryptic Appellate and Review Orders in Dismissal Case; Holds Non-Speaking Orders Unsustainable

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Withdrawal of Pay Revision for Accounts Cadre in Power Utilities; Reaffirms Equal Pay for Equal Work and Board’s Exclusive Authority

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Full Medical Reimbursement for Emergency Heart Transplant at Non-Empanelled Hospital; Holds Right to Life Overrides Procedural Restrictions

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Priority Appointment Claim to Kanungo Post; Holds No Right to Appointment Outside Articles 14 and 16

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Appointment Claim of Ex-Serviceman for CHT and HT Posts; Holds Minimum Graduation Marks Condition Mandatory as per Advertisement

Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Waiver of Interest Under Interest Tax Act for Hire Purchase Assessee; Holds Confusion Persisted Till CBDT Clarification of 1998

Punjab & Haryana High Court Affirms Strict Liability of Electricity Authority in Electrocution Death; Dismisses Second Appeal Against Compensation Award

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Trial Court Order Allowing Production of Electronic Evidence Under Section 311 CrPC; Holds Power Is Wide and Aimed at Truth Discovery

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Rejection of Section 3H(4) Application; Holds Competent Authority Must Refer Apportionment Dispute to Civil Court Even After Disbursement of Compensation

Supreme Court Restores Workmen’s Compensation Award After Holding That High Court Cannot Reverse Well-Reasoned Findings on Employer–Employee Relationship Based on Misreading of Evidence

Supreme Court Holds That Conviction Cannot Be Sustained Against an Accused Summoned Under Section 319 CrPC When Evidence Shows Mere Presence Without Any Overt Act or Incriminating Circumstance

Supreme Court Holds That Admission Criteria Cannot Be Altered Midstream and Sports Quota Policy Change Influenced by Undisclosed Conflict of Interest Is Arbitrary and Unconstitutional

Supreme Court Holds That Transferees Pendente Lite Cannot Obstruct Execution of a Decree for Specific Performance and Are Bound by the Doctrine of Lis Pendens Under Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act

Supreme Court Holds That a Judicial Officer Cannot Be Removed from Service Solely for Grant of Bail Unless There Is Cogent Evidence of Corruption, Extraneous Consideration, or Mala Fides

Supreme Court Holds That When Chargesheet Is Filed After Investigation Finds Allegations Unsubstantiated, Accused Should Not Be Taken into Custody and Are Entitled to Bail on Appearance

Supreme Court Holds That High Courts Must Not Interfere in Writ Jurisdiction Where Cancellation of Industrial Land Allotment Is Bona Fide and Driven by Overriding Public Interest Such as Establishment of an IIT

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act While Mandating a Balanced Approach Between Honest Decision-Making and Anti-Corruption Enforcement

Supreme Court Holds That Appeal Does Not Abate for Non-Substitution of One Legal Heir When the Estate of the Deceased Vendor Is Substantially Represented and Earlier Orders Rejecting Abatement Operate as Res Judicata

Supreme Court Holds That Applications for Extension of Arbitral Time Limit Under Section 29A Must Be Filed Before the Principal Civil Court as Defined in Section 2(1)(e), Regardless of Appointment Under Section 11

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines to Interfere with Emergency Closure of Hotel by Pollution Control Board; Holds NGT Is Proper Forum Under Water Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Cancel Anticipatory Bail in Abetment of Suicide Case; Holds Suicide Note Alone Insufficient Without Supervening Misuse of Liberty

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Bail in Spurious Liquor Death Case; Holds Gravity of Offence and Multiple Deaths Outweigh Bail Considerations

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in NDPS Case; Holds Disclosure Statement Alone Without Recovery Insufficient to Deny Bail

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes FIR Under Copyright Act for Fake Branded Garments; Holds Clothing Is Not a ‘Work’ Protected by Copyright

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in Group Assault Murder Case; Holds Mere Presence in Unlawful Assembly Insufficient Without Specific Overt Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Regular Bail in ₹28 Lakh Investment Fraud Case; Holds Continued Custody Unnecessary After Filing of Challan

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Punjab Govt to Decide Parole Plea of Detained MP Amritpal Singh to Attend Parliament Budget Session

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Regular Bail in ₹1.15 Crore Cyber Fraud Case; Holds Growing Menace of Digital Crimes Requires Stringent Approach

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Ownership Claim of ‘Gair Marusi’ Occupants; Holds Non-Occupancy Tenants Cannot Claim Proprietary Rights

Punjab & Haryana High Court Reduces Punishment of Police Officer for Corruption Allegations; Holds Forfeiture of Five Increments Disproportionate

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Voluntary Reversion from Promotional Post in PSPCL; Holds No Parity Where Policy Bars Reversion Pending Formulation

Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Decree for Specific Performance Between Brothers; Rejects Coercion Plea Based on Unproven Police Complaint

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds ITI-Only Eligibility for ALM Recruitment; Holds Higher Engineering Degrees Do Not Create Automatic Equivalence

Punjab & Haryana High Court Converts Murder Conviction to Culpable Homicide; Holds Single Knife Blow in Sudden Fight Attracts Section 304 Part I IPC

Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Retrospective Regularisation of Strike-Period Conductor; Holds Withdrawal Without Hearing Arbitrary

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Senior Citizen Tribunal Order Passed by Additional Deputy Commissioner; Holds Quasi-Judicial Powers Cannot Be Sub-Delegated

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Dismissal of Motor Accident Claim Where Claimants Took Contradictory Stands; Holds Perjury Cannot Be Rewarded With Compensation

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Belated Challenge to Clerk Recruitment Result; Holds Fence-Sitters Cannot Claim Benefit of Earlier Judgments

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Claim for Ante-Dated Regularisation Under 1979 Policy; Holds Policy Inapplicable to Post-1979 Appointees

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Ante-Dated Regularisation to Daily-Wage Beldar; Holds State Cannot Defeat Vested Rights by Delay

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Eviction of Tenant for Landlady’s Son’s Business; Holds Desire to Start Independent Venture Is Bona Fide

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Pre-emption Suit After Partition; Holds Co-sharer Status Ends Once Naksha ‘Be’ Is Finalised

Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Second Appeal in Land Dispute; Declares Purchasers Co-Owners Despite Refusing Rectification of Sale Deeds

Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Decree in Favour of True Owner; Holds Permissive Possession Cannot Ripen Into Adverse Possession

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Civil Court Jurisdiction to Nullify Surplus Land Orders Passed Against Minor; Dismisses Second Appeals

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Compassionate Appointment After 22 Years; Holds Scheme Cannot Be Used as Alternate Mode of Recruitment

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses RTI Plea Seeking Legal Opinion; Holds RTI Act Cannot Be Used to Seek Advice or Interpretation of Law

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rules ACP Benefits Must Count From Date of Initial Appointment; Firemen Not to Suffer for Employer’s Delay in Training

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds ‘Non-Duty Period’ for Prolonged Unauthorized Absence Despite Reinstatement; Denies Pensionary Benefit

Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Medical Reimbursement for Emergency Treatment at Non-Empanelled Hospital; Sets Aside Concurrent Findings

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Plea for Child Custody; Holds Minor’s Custody With Father Not Illegal

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Look Out Circulars Against Company Directors in ₹130 Crore Loan Default Case; Allows Foreign Travel

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds 20 Years’ Service Not Mandatory for Gratuity; Panjab University Directed to Release Dues

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail in Traffic Challan Tampering Case; Holds Custodial Interrogation Necessary in Corruption and Forgery Offences

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail in ₹12 Crore Fake Work Orders Scam; Holds Custodial Interrogation Necessary in Corruption and Economic Offences

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Doctors in Medical Negligence Case; Reiterates Strict Threshold for Prosecution Under Section 304-A IPC

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail in NCC Certificate Forgery Case; Holds Custodial Interrogation Necessary in Corruption and Forgery Offences

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Regular Bail in Murder Case on Second Petition; Cites Prolonged Custody, Hostile Witnesses and Slow Trial

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Acquittal in SC/ST Act Case; Holds Failure to Prove Caste-Based Motive and Unexplained Injuries on Accused Fatal to Prosecution

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Regularisation of Contractual Teaching Associates; Holds Walk-in Appointments Without Statutory Selection Cannot Be Regularised

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Rent Appellate Authority’s Remand Order; Holds Amendment Application Must Be Decided and Appellate Authority Has No Power of Remand

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Set Aside Ex Parte Decree After Exhaustion of Remedies by Co-Defendants; Holds Order IX Rule 13 Cannot Be Used to Reopen Finalised Proceedings

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Benefit of Probation in Grievous Hurt Case After Long Pendency; Holds Reformative Justice Must Prevail Over Retribution

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Discharge Accused in Attempt to Murder Case; Holds Prima Facie Case Made Out at Stage of Framing of Charges

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Deemed Promotions Granted in Excess of Quota; Holds Retrospective Seniority Violative of Service Rules and Articles 14 & 16

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Tenant’s Plea to Amend Written Statement Based on Cross-Examination Admissions; Holds Evidence Cannot Be Converted Into Pleadings

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Condone 109-Day Delay in Criminal Revision; Holds Vague Pleas of Misplaced Record Insufficient

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines to Interfere with Acquittal in Poisoning Case; Holds Prosecution Evidence Unreliable and Medical Evidence Contradictory

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Set Aside Ex Parte Proceedings After Five-Year Delay; Holds Order IX Rule 7 CPC Subject to Limitation and Equity

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Interference with Income Tax Settlement Commission Order; Holds Settlement Orders Conclusive Under Section 245-I

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Murder Conviction Based on Circumstantial Evidence and Firearm Recovery; Affirms Life Sentence

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Murder Conviction Based on Circumstantial Evidence; Holds ‘Last Seen’, Motive and Recovery Form Complete Chain

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Police Can Register FIRs for Illegal Mining Under MMDR Act; Bar Under Section 22 Applies Only at Cognizance Stage

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Murder Conviction Based on Testimony of Related Eyewitnesses; Holds Absence of Independent Witnesses Not Fatal

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Sales Tax Concessions to Industrial Units Failing ‘Pipeline’ Criteria; Holds IEM Registration Must Exist as on Cut-Off Date

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Proclaimed Person Proceedings for Non-Compliance with Section 82 CrPC; Holds Mechanical Declaration Illegal

Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows DESM Candidate to Join Higher Post Despite Interim Appointment; Holds Reservation Benefit Not Forfeited Due to Administrative Delay

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Finding of Contributory Negligence in Tractor–Trolley Accident; Fastens Liability on Insurer and Enhances Compensation

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Co-Heir Pre-Emption Dispute; Upholds Statutory Right Under Section 22 of Hindu Succession Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds ‘Removal’ Not Equivalent to ‘Dismissal’ for Denial of Pension; Directs State Bank of Patiala to Release Retiral Benefits with Interest

Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects Intelligence Assistant Recruitment Claims; Holds B.Sc. (General) with Computer Science Not Equivalent to Prescribed Qualification

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Review in Civil Judge Exam Dispute; Holds Review Cannot Be Used as Appeal and Bars Re-evaluation

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail to Woman Accused in Murder Case; Relies on SIT Findings, Long Custody and Right to Speedy Trial

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Emergency Parole to Hardcore Prisoner After Fresh NDPS Offence; Permits Custody Visit for Last Rites of Wife

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds SGPC Service Rules Statutory; Sets Aside Withholding of Retiral Benefits Without Disciplinary Proceedings

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Textile Cess Demands on Independent Processors; Holds Dyeing and Processing Not ‘Manufacture’ Under Textile Committee Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Condones 1415-Day Delay and Grants Default Bail in UAPA Case on Parity; Holds Right to Default Bail Cannot Be Defeated by Technicalities

Supreme Court Holds That Repeated Suppression of Pending Criminal Cases in Attestation and Verification Forms Justifies Cancellation of Government Appointment Irrespective of Subsequent Acquittal

Supreme Court Holds That Denial of Employment to a Person With Benchmark Disability Violates the RPwD Act and Mandates Reasonable Accommodation, Including Creation of a Supernumerary Post

Supreme Court Holds That Heavy Earth Moving Machinery and Construction Equipment Used Exclusively Within Enclosed Premises Are Not “Motor Vehicles” and Are Not Liable to Motor Vehicle Tax

Supreme Court Holds That Bail to an Accused Summoned Under Section 319 CrPC Requires Assessment of Strong and Cogent Evidence Beyond Mere Prima Facie Involvement

Supreme Court Holds That Cognizance of Offences Under Sections 448 and 451 of the Companies Act Is Barred on a Private Complaint Where the Offence Attracts Punishment for Fraud Under Section 447 Without Compliance With Section 212(6)

Supreme Court Holds That Proceedings Under the Urban Land Ceiling Act Abate Where Actual Physical Possession Was Never Taken and Mandatory Notice Under Section 10(5) Was Not Served on Persons in Possession

Supreme Court Holds That Conviction Cannot Rest Solely on a Solitary Injured Witness When His Testimony Is Inconsistent and Uncorroborated

Supreme Court Holds That Multiple Cheque Dishonour Complaints Arising from the Same Transaction Are Maintainable Where Each Dishonour Gives Rise to a Distinct Cause of Action

Supreme Court Holds That Customs Duty Cannot Be Levied on Electricity Supplied from SEZ to DTA in Absence of a Statutory Charging Provision and Executive Cannot Reintroduce an Invalid Levy Through Successive Notifications

Supreme Court Holds That Recruitment Rules Cannot Be Retrospectively Amended to Change Selection Criteria After the Selection Process Has Substantially Progressed

Supreme Court Holds That Multiple Complaints Arising from a Single Criminal Conspiracy May Be Investigated Through One FIR Where Acts Form the Same Transaction

Supreme Court Holds That Exoneration in Departmental Proceedings Does Not Automatically Quash Criminal Prosecution Based on the Same Allegations

Supreme Court Holds That a Highest Bid Above Reserve Price Cannot Be Arbitrarily Cancelled Merely Due to Expectation of Higher Revenue

Supreme Court Holds That Consumer Decrees Cannot Be Executed Against Directors or Promoters Unless Personal Liability Is Adjudicated

Supreme Court Holds That Bail Granted in Heinous POCSO Offences Must Be Cancelled When Material Evidence Is Ignored and Victim Safety Is Jeopardised

Supreme Court Holds That Shares Received on Amalgamation as Stock-in-Trade Give Rise to Taxable Business Income Only Upon Allotment When Realisable

Supreme Court Holds That Unilateral Appointment of Sole Arbitrator Is Void Ab Initio and Cannot Be Saved by Implied Consent or Participation

Supreme Court Holds That Ratification by Co-Owner Extends Limitation and Entitles Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell

Supreme Court Holds That Criminal Proceedings Cannot Be Transferred on Vague Allegations of Bias Without Hearing the Complainant

Supreme Court Holds That In Contempt Jurisdiction, Fresh Compliance Must Follow Principles of Natural Justice Before Alleging Wilful Disobedience

Supreme Court Holds That Admission to a Training Course Does Not Create a Right to Government Appointment and Legitimate Expectation Cannot Override Changed Recruitment Policy

Supreme Court Holds That Departmental Proceedings Cannot Be Initiated or Continued Against a Retired Employee in Absence of Specific Statutory Authority

Supreme Court Holds That a Student Cannot Be Denied Academic Documents Due to University’s Clerical Error in Admission Records

Supreme Court Holds That Appellate Courts Cannot Reinterpret Contracts or Interfere With Arbitral Awards Beyond the Narrow Scope of Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration Act

Supreme Court Holds That Non-Issuance of Section 21 Notice Does Not Bar Raising All Contractual Disputes Before the Arbitral Tribunal

Supreme Court Holds That an Undertaking to Infuse Funds Does Not Constitute a Contract of Guarantee Under Section 126 of the Indian Contract Act

Supreme Court Holds That a Third Party Claiming Successorship Is Neither a Necessary nor Proper Party Without Proof of Legal Succession

Supreme Court Holds That Motor Accident Claims Filed Under Section 163A Can Be Treated as Section 166 Claims When Negligence Is Pleaded

Supreme Court Holds That a Separate Manufacturing Unit Set Up After Policy Cut-Off Qualifies as a New Industrial Unit Eligible for Subsidy

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail in Impersonation and Cheating Case; Holds Custodial Interrogation Necessary to Uncover Modus Operandi

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs CBSE to Regularise Class XII Admission; Holds Student’s Career Cannot Suffer for School’s Procedural Lapse

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds ‘No Work No Pay’ After Reinstatement Post-Compromise Acquittal; Directs Consideration of Continuity of Service

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside NI Act Conviction on Compromise; Permits Compounding Post-Conviction to Secure Ends of Justice

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses LPA Against Refusal to Prepone Hearing; Holds Letters Patent Appeal Not Maintainable Against Interlocutory Orders

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Insecticides Act Proceedings Against Marketing Company; Holds No Vicarious Liability for Misbranding of Sealed Products

Punjab & Haryana High Court Reduces Sentence in Excise Act Conviction; Upholds Guilt but Applies Reformative Approach

Supreme Court Holds Arbitration Clause in Leave and Licence Agreement Survives Despite Section 41 of Presidency Small Cause Courts Act; Section 11 Court Must Confine Inquiry to Existence of Arbitration Agreement

Supreme Court Restores Trial Court’s Dismissal of Injunction Suit; Holds Plaintiff Failed to Establish Title or Identify Property After Acquisition Was Set Aside

Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Allowing Examination of Minor Child Under Section 311 CrPC; Holds Belated Testimony Not Essential for Just Decision and Risks Prejudice

Supreme Court Acquits Doctor in Rape Case; Holds Conviction Cannot Rest on FIR and Investigating Officer Testimony When Victim and Key Witnesses Turn Hostile

Supreme Court Holds Reserved Category Candidate Availing Relaxation at Preliminary Stage Cannot Claim General Insider Cadre; Sets Aside Tribunal and High Court Orders

Supreme Court Enhances Compensation for Death of Minor Child; Applies Minimum Wages, Future Prospects and Filial Consortium

Supreme Court Orders Regularization of Allahabad High Court Employees Appointed by Chief Justice; Differential Treatment Held Arbitrary and Unconstitutional

Supreme Court Holds Criminal Revision Does Not Abate on Death of Informant; Victim or Legal Heir May Assist Court in Exercise of Revisional Jurisdiction

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Selection of Disabled Candidate as Kanungo; Declines Interference After 26 Years of Service

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Regularisation of Long-Serving Daily Wage and Contractual Employees; Holds State Cannot Perpetuate Perennial Work Through Temporary Labels

Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Trial Court Decree in Temple Possession Dispute; Holds Revenue Entries Alone Insufficient to Prove Private Temple or Hereditary Mohtamimship

Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Immediate Restoration of Custody of 11-Month-Old Infant to Mother; Holds Forcible Separation Violates Statutory Mandate and Child Welfare Principles

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Deposit of 20% Compensation in NI Act Appeals Not Automatic; Sets Aside Mechanical Suspension Orders and Remands Matters for Fresh Consideration

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Interfere With Magistrate’s Rejection of SARFAESI Section 14 Application; Holds Assignment Pending DRT Approval Bars Possession Proceedings

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside CISF Constable’s Removal After Finding Enquiry Vitiated by Contradictory Evidence and Disproportionate Punishment

Punjab & Haryana High Court Reads Down Haryana Rule Denying Conveyance Allowance to Disabled Employees With 40% Disability; Holds Higher Threshold Ultra Vires Disability Laws

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Heart Attack Suffered After Denial of Short Leave Has Causal Nexus With Employment; Allows ESI Death Benefits to Widow

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Regularisation of Forest Department Daily Wagers With Judicially Granted Continuity of Service; Holds Uma Devi Inapplicable

Punjab & Haryana High Court Appoints Sole Arbitrator in Shareholder Dispute Despite Objections of Non-Arbitrability; Reiterates Minimal Judicial Intervention at Section 11 Stage

Punjab & Haryana High Court Confirms Death Sentence for Rape and Murder of Five-Year-Old Child; Holds Circumstantial Evidence and Scientific Proof Form a Complete and Unbroken Chain

Supreme Court: Suit to Cancel Registered Sale Deed for Alleged Non-Payment Must Be Filed Within 3 Years; Vexatious Plaint Can Be Rejected Under Order VII Rule 11

Supreme Court Restores Multiplier Method for 31.1% Disability and Adds 50% Future Prospects for Injured Software Engineer Under Motor Vehicles Act

Supreme Court Restores Acquittal in PFA Haldi Powder Case: No Conviction Without Analyst Opinion of “Insect Infested/Unfit” and Proof Beyond Tampering Doubt

Supreme Court Acquits in IPC Sections 366A and 506 Case: Conviction Cannot Stand on Contradictory Testimony, Shoddy Investigation, and Unexplained FIR Delay

Supreme Court Sets Aside FERA Penalty Against Non-Executive Director: Liability Under Section 68 Requires Proof of Being In-Charge and Responsible for Company’s Business

Supreme Court Upholds RIPS-2003 Revision Power and Caps Cement Subsidy at 50% With Recovery of Excess at 12% Interest

Section 14(1) Hindu Succession Act Converts Widow’s Limited Estate into Absolute Ownership; Compromise Decree Can Extinguish Legatees’ Claims

MBA Degree Not Equivalent to Prescribed Recruitment Qualification Unless Employer Treats It as Allied Subject: Supreme Court

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines to Interfere in Inter-Parent Custody Dispute Through Writ Jurisdiction; Holds Visitation Rights Granted by Family Court Cannot Be Curtailed on Allegations Requiring Trial

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Centralisation of Income Tax Assessment to Goa Under Section 127 IT Act; Holds Transfer Based on Interlinked Search Material and Public Interest Not Open to Interference

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Police Protection for Live-In Couple Despite Legal Complexities; Holds Life and Liberty Cannot Be Denied Based on Nature of Relationship

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes FIR Alleging Fraudulent Mutation After 25 Years; Holds Stranger to Inheritance Dispute Cannot Invoke Criminal Law When Actual Heir Raises No Grievance

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Passport Deposit Condition Imposed While Granting Anticipatory Bail; Holds Such Restriction Cannot Be Mechanical or Disproportionate

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Pension Commutation Relief to Employees Hit by Higher Interest Regime; Holds State Cannot Discriminate Between Similarly Placed Retirees

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Set Aside Ex Parte Decree in Specific Performance Suit; Holds Application Under Order IX Rule 13 CPC Barred by Limitation and Suppression of Material Facts

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Section 174-A IPC Proceedings Arising from Cheque Bounce Cases After Full Settlement; Holds Continuation an Abuse of Process Despite Independent Nature of Offence

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in UAPA–Explosive Substances Case After Nearly Six Years of Custody; Holds Prolonged Incarceration on Sketchy Disclosure Evidence Unjust

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Reject Injunction Suit at Threshold; Holds Bar Under Section 41(h) Specific Relief Act Requires Trial and Cannot Be Decided Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Eviction on Ground of Bona Fide Personal Necessity; Holds Tenant Cannot Dictate Which Premises Landlord Should Use

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Magistrate’s Same-Day Cancellation of Bail After Addition of Offences; Reaffirms Accused’s Right to Protection and Proper Procedure

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Punishment of Government Doctor for Medical Negligence and Record Tampering; Refuses to Interfere With Concurrent Disciplinary Findings

Punjab & Haryana High Court Reaffirms Absolute Priority of Secured Creditors Under Section 26E SARFAESI; Quashes HAFED’s Subsequent Revenue Charge and Issues Directions in Rem

Environmental and Tourism Balance: Supreme Court Allows Limited Use of Sisodia Rani ka Bagh for Events, Imposes Strict Noise and Pollution Controls

Compassionate Appointment After Employee’s Death: Supreme Court Rules Against Denial Based on Posthumous Approval of Medical Retirement

Intra-Court Appeal by Non-Party in Writ Proceedings: Supreme Court Holds Special Appeal Maintainable Where Order Adversely Affects Rights and Violates Natural Justice

Punjab & Haryana High Court Slashes Excessive Sapurdari Bonds in CBI Corruption Case; Holds Superdari Conditions Must Be Proportionate, Reasoned and Non-Punitive

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside SC Commission’s Promotion Directions; Holds Commission Has No Adjudicatory Power to Order Retrospective Promotions After Two Decades

Punjab & Haryana High Court Bars Private Veterinary Colleges from Charging Tuition Fee During Internship; Holds Practice Exploitative and Contrary to VCI Regulations

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Proclamation in Cheque Bounce Case; Holds Phone Service and Mechanical Satisfaction Cannot Sustain Section 82 Proceedings

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Bail Order Passed by Related Magistrate; Holds Even Perception of Bias Vitiates Judicial Orders, But Protects Accused Against Abrupt Incarceration

Punjab & Haryana High Court Affirms Priority of Bank’s Mortgage Over State Dues; Directs Registration of SARFAESI Sale Deed Despite Later Revenue Attachment

Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Refund of Excess Auction Proceeds After VAT Penalty; Holds Penalty Order Final but Department Cannot Retain Amount Beyond Penalty

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Long Service Cannot Be Defeated by Technical Educational Qualification; Directs Regularisation of Mali With 27 Years of Continuous Service

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Unconditional Stay of ₹296 Crore Arbitral Award Against Municipal Corporations; Holds Government Bodies Not Entitled to Preferential Treatment Under Arbitration Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Enhances Motor Accident Compensation After Correcting Salary Assessment; Holds All Allowances Except Income Tax Must Be Counted

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Payment of Enhanced Compensation to Section 28-A Claimants; Holds Landowners Entitled to Final Market Value Fixed by Supreme Court; Rejects State’s Objection on Alternate Remedy

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Rejection of Premature Release of Life Convict; Holds State Level Committee Exceeded Jurisdiction and Misapplied Policy

Punjab & Haryana High Court Compounds Section 420 IPC Conviction on Basis of Compromise; Sets Aside Sentence in Revision

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Rejection of Flat Allotment to Jhuggi Dwellers; Holds Denial Without Hearing Violates Article 21

Punjab & Haryana High Court Clarifies Court Fee Liability in Partition Suits; Holds Plaintiff Liable to Pay Ad Valorem Fee Only to Extent of Share Claimed

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Decree for Specific Performance; Holds Unilateral Cancellation of Agreement to Sell Based on False Premise Unsustainable

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes FIR in Road Accident Causing Death on Basis of Compromise; Holds Such Cases Not Heinous Per Se

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Termination of Temporary Orderly; Holds Innocuous Discharge After Prior Proceedings Not Punitive

Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Regularisation of Long-Serving Chowkidars; Holds State Cannot Exploit Workers Citing Lack of Sanctioned Posts

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Appointment of Arbitrator; Holds Clause Referring Disputes to Government Committee Is Not an Arbitration Agreement

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in Alleged Land Fraud Case Involving Forged Aadhaar and Sale Deeds; Holds Custodial Interrogation Unwarranted

Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Continuity of Service to Temporary Professor Beyond Superannuation; Directs Payment of Salary for Period Actually Worked

Change in Law Clauses in Fixed-Price Contracts Explained: Supreme Court Holds Fuel Price Increase Not Recoverable Unless Contract Clearly Provides

Delay in Forwarding FIR Under Section 157 CrPC Not Fatal: Supreme Court Upholds Murder Conviction Based on Credible Eyewitness Testimony

Civil Contempt Explained: Supreme Court Holds No Wilful Disobedience Where Direction on Regularisation Is Implemented Under Existing Policy

Finality After Dismissal of SLP and Limits of Review in Arbitration Matters: Supreme Court Bars Re-agitation of Section 34 Issues Post Section 37 Judgment

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Illegal Recovery From Salary and Retiral Benefits; Holds Deduction Without Charge-Sheet or Inquiry Unsustainable

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Property Vested Under Occupancy Tenants Act Is Self-Acquired; Upholds Family Settlement and Restores Trial Court Decree

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Interference With Order Refusing Framing of Additional Issues; Holds Existing Issues Sufficient

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Post-Retirement Recovery From Gratuity; Holds Audit Objection Cannot Justify Unilateral Deduction

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Regular Bail in Family ID Tampering Case; Holds Further Custody Not Warranted Post-Challan

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Interference With Concurrent Findings in Injunction Suit Over Alleged Common Wall

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Revision Under Article 227 Not Maintainable Against Order Deciding Execution Objections; Statutory Appeal Is Only Remedy

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Quash FIR Under Section 106 BNS on Basis of Compromise; Holds Death Due to Rash and Negligent Driving Is Crime Against Society

Punjab & Haryana High Court Condones Delay but Dismisses Review Petition; Reiterates Limited Scope of Review Jurisdiction

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Decree of Pre-emption After Death of Sole Authorised Representative of Cooperative Society; Holds Right of Pre-emption Cannot Survive Without Competent Human Agency

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Anticipatory Bail to NDPS Accused; Holds Custodial Interrogation Necessary to Unravel Narcotics Supply Chain

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail In Abetment to Suicide Case; Holds Mere Harassment Insufficient Without Proximate Instigation

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Specific Performance of 1963 Plot Allotments in Eros Gardens; Rejects Limitation, Order II Rule 2 CPC Bar, Grants Equitable Price Adjustment

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Regular Bail to Accused in Multi-Victim Investment Fraud Case After Nearly Five Years of Custody; Holds Prolonged Incarceration Pending Trial Unjustified

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Regular Bail in NDPS Case After FSL Report Finds Alleged Heroin Sample Negative; Applies Parity With Co-Accused

Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Trial Court Decree; Holds Civil Suit Barred in House Tax Assessment Matters Under Punjab Municipal Act

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Condonate 405-Day Delay by State; Holds Bald Plea of Official Procedure Insufficient to Override Limitation Law

Punjab & Haryana High Court Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Injury Case; Reassesses Income, Awards Higher Amounts for Pain, Disability and Future Medical Needs

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines to Interfere With Rejection of Panchayat Election Nominations; Holds Disputed Encroachment Issues Must Be Raised Through Election Petition

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Regular Bail in ATM Robbery Case; Cites CCTV Evidence, Eyewitness Account and Criminal Antecedents

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Anticipatory Bail in Alleged Embezzlement Case; Holds Custodial Interrogation Necessary in Serious Economic Offences

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Quash Summoning Order in Cheque Bounce Case; Holds Active Participation of AOP Members Prima Facie Sufficient Under Section 141 NI Act

Return of Dower and Marriage Gifts After Divorce: Supreme Court Upholds Muslim Woman’s Right Under Section 3 of the 1986 Act

Penal Interest and Contractual Interest Under Arbitration Law: Supreme Court Upholds 36% Interest in Commercial Bill Discounting Contracts

Reduction of Sentence on Compromise in Non-Compoundable Offences: Supreme Court Upholds Conviction but Limits Sentence to Period Already Undergone

Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage and Permanent Alimony: Supreme Court Upholds Divorce and Enhances Wife’s Alimony to Ensure Dignified Financial Security

Section 30 Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code Explained: Supreme Court Bars Re-opening of Settled Revenue Map Disputes and Sets Aside Unwarranted Remand

NDPS Act Section 52-A Compliance Explained: Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Despite Sampling at Spot Where Chain of Custody Is Intact

SC/ST Act Section 3(1)(s) Explained: Supreme Court Quashes Summoning Where Caste Abuse Not in “Public View”

Contributory Negligence in Motor Accident Claims: Supreme Court Restores Tribunal Finding Where Eyewitness and Vehicle Damage Clearly Establish Sole Negligence

Retirement on Last Day of Month Under FR 56(a): Supreme Court Holds Employees in Service on Cut-Off Date Entitled to Pay Revision Benefits

Motor Accident Claims Under Section 166 MV Act: Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Where Involvement of Offending Vehicle Not Proved on Preponderance of Probabilities

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Second Bail Appeals in NIA Terror Funding Case; Holds Rigour of UAPA Not Diluted and Prima Facie Case Clearly Made Out

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Quash FIR Arising From 2015 Protest Violence; Holds Section 195 CrPC Bar Applies at Cognizance Stage, Not at FIR or Investigation Stage

Supreme Court Overturns High Court’s Arbitration Referral, Highlights Key Aspects of Privity of Contract

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Homicide Case, Overturning Conviction

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 302 IPC for Murder in the Heat of Passion

Supreme Court Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Fatality Claim

Supreme Court Enhances Compensation for Accident Victim; Awards Rs. 21.75 Lakhs, Taking Future Prospects and Attender Charges into Account

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Denial of Back Wages and Non-Duty Treatment of Dismissal Period After Acquittal; Says Acquittal Was Not Honourable and Petitioner Himself Sought Leniency

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Decrees Declaring Occupancy Tenants as Owners; Holds Revenue Entries Were Manipulated and No Valid Tenancy Ever Came Into Existence

Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Trial Court Decree Dismissing Recovery Suit; Finds Plaintiff Misused Cheque After Borrower’s Death and Built Case on Falsehood

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Decrees Granting Specific Performance; Holds Plaintiffs’ Acquiescence and Voluntary Delivery of Possession Created Equitable Estoppel in Favour of Subsequent Purchasers

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Striking Off Defence for Failure to File Written Statement Despite Repeated Opportunities; Says Procedural Lapses Cannot Be Excused Indefinitely

Punjab & Haryana High Court Converts 304 Part II Conviction to Section 323 IPC; Finds No Evidence of Fatal Injury and Says Accused Lacked Knowledge of Deceased’s Heart Condition

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order; Holds Lecturer Had No Right to Continue Without a Sanctioned Post in Aided College

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Recounting Order; Holds Election Petition Was Defective and Non-Maintainable for Failure to Implead All Contesting Candidates

Punjab & Haryana High Court Partly Sets Aside CAT Order; Clarifies That Minor Penalty Requires No Detailed Inquiry but Punishment Order Must Be Reasoned

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Conviction in 250g Opium Case but Reduces Sentence to Period Already Undergone, Citing Long Pendency and Reformative Considerations

Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Reinstatement of Senior Librarian Retired at 62; Holds He Was Part of Teaching Faculty and Entitled to Superannuation at 65

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Pension Re-Fixation Plea Filed After Nearly 20 Years; Holds Stale Claims Cannot Be Revived by Fresh Representations

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Trial Court’s Refusal to Permit Interrogatories at Evidence Stage; Calls Attempt a Dilatory Tactic Beyond Scope of Order 11 CPC

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Trial Court’s Refusal to Direct Plaintiff to Testify First; Says Order 18 Rule 3A Is Directory and No Prejudice Shown

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds AFT Order Granting Service Pension; Says Shortfall of Two Months Can Be Condoned Under Binding Precedent

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea to Release Acquired Land; Says Petitioner Accepted 2013 Demarcation and Cannot Reopen Issue After 12 Years

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds AFT Order Granting Disability Pension and Rounding-Off; Rejects Centre’s Reliance on Medical Board Opinion

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds AFT Order Granting Disability Pension; Says Hypertension During Long Service Presumed Attributable to Military Duty

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Pay Re-Fixation and Recovery; Holds Promotee SDE Entitled to Same Higher Pay Scales as Direct Recruits

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Challenge to 1993 Acquisition; Holds 31-Year Delay and Complete Vesting of Land Bar Any Relief

Punjab & Haryana High Court Invalidates Sealed Cover Applied Without Chargesheet; Directs State to Promote Agriculture Officer and Release All Consequential Benefits

Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Costs on Tenant for Wilful Breach of Undertaking to Vacate Premises; Says Delayed Compliance Does Not Purge Contempt

Punjab & Haryana High Court Restores Magistrate’s Order Declining FIR Under Section 156(3); Says Alleged Complaint Tampering a Matter for Trial, Not Police Investigation

Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses to Regularize Dismissal Period of Police ASI; Says Gross Negligence Led to Escape of “Dreaded” Undertrial Prisoner

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Dismissal of Police Constable for Habitual Absence; Rejects Widow’s Plea for Pension and Service Benefits

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in Phosphide Poisoning Case; Notes Custody of One Year, Polygraph Findings, and Parity With Co-Accused

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Release of Acquired Land in Gurugram; Says Land Already Utilised for Sector Roads, Challenge Filed After 15 Years

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Parole to Convict After Finding Denial Order Unsupported by Record; Says Past Cases Cannot Justify Refusal When Acquitted or Sentence Undergone

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Labour Court Order Refusing Amendment; Says Employer Cannot Repeatedly Seek Same Relief at Final Stage

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Parole After Finding Police Mixed Up Two Prisoners; Calls Rejection Order “Perversity on the Face of the Record”

Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Retrospective Promotions for Visually Impaired Forest Employee; Says Disability Quota Cannot Be Defeated by Administrative Delay

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Re-Blocking of Input Tax Credit; Says Revenue Cannot Reissue Block After One-Year Statutory Limit Under Rule 86A

Punjab & Haryana High Court Holds Property Inherited After 1956 Becomes Self-Acquired; Dismisses Suit Challenging Father’s Sale Deeds

Supreme Court Orders Reinstatement of Contractual Consultant; Holds State Acted Arbitrarily by Ignoring Curriculum Showing Required Statistics Qualification

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