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Justice Sandeep Moudgil found no money trail to the petitioner, noted the Managing Director was not arraigned, and held continued detention served no purpose.
Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj dismissed a regular bail petition, finding the accused's alleged role in a scheme that extracted Rs 28.5 lakhs by falsely claiming access to judges was not peripheral.
Justice Namit Kumar held that Note 1 and Note 2 below Rule 6.17(4) of the Punjab Civil Services Rules do not apply when only one widow survives the deceased government employee.
Justice Sumeet Goel affirmed concurrent conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, holding that an admitted cheque signature triggers the presumption of liability and a bald security-cheque plea cannot rebut it.
The High Court set aside a Gurugram magistrate's summoning order under Section 304-A IPC, holding the trial court violated its own direction to obtain a PGI Chandigarh expert report before proceeding.
A widow's civil suit for damages after her son's intentional killing was not barred by the two-year limit under Article 82, which governs only Fatal Accidents Act claims, the High Court held.
Justice Virinder Aggarwal held that the Civil Judge, Chandigarh ignored the High Court's own Video Conferencing Rules when dismissing a request to record an elderly witness's testimony virtually.
Justice Sandeep Moudgil directed a State-constituted committee to re-examine individual claims of Haryana government employees and pensioners denied medical reimbursement on technical grounds.
The Division Bench found that the Union of India had repeatedly relaxed the three-year central deputation rule for other IAS officers but withheld the same benefit from Khemka without any differentiating reason.
Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj held that invoking preventive detention immediately after bail was granted, without exhausting ordinary criminal law remedies, rendered the order punitive and constitutionally unsustainable.
Punjab & Haryana High Court found that Prerit Goel suppressed his Vanuatu citizenship when obtaining a Look Out Circular quashing order, and dismissed his travel-abroad application with Rs. 50,000 costs.
Residents of Sushma Valencia Apartments, stranded by an absconding developer, win interim relief as the High Court directs PSPCL to provide temporary electricity connections on payment of usual charges plus Rs. 20,000 per consumer.
A diploma student who had one exam pending challenged PSPCL's cut-off date for its Junior Engineer recruitment; the High Court upheld the condition as constitutionally valid.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed interim release of a truck confiscated under the NDPS Act, holding that no statutory bar prevents such relief and that prolonged parking destroys the vehicle's value.
A Division Bench held that news reports of the Kotkapura FIR trial transfer were fair and accurate under Section 4 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, because the judgment had already been pronounced in open court.
Justice Sanjay Vashisth exercised revisional jurisdiction to restore anticipatory bail to Karam Singh after the Sessions Court withdrew interim protection solely on the investigating officer's plea for custodial interrogation.
Justice Sumeet Goel modified a Gurugram sessions court charge order in a hospital-assault case, replacing Section 325 with Section 330 IPC and rejecting the complainant's attempt to add attempt-to-murder charges.
A Division Bench corrected the wrong statutory provision invoked by the accused, treated the appeal under Section 21(4) NIA, and granted bail citing prolonged pre-trial custody and weak direct evidence.
The President has directed Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra to discharge Chief Justice duties at the Punjab and Haryana High Court after Justice Sheel Nagu's elevation to the Supreme Court.
The Division Bench directed U.T. Chandigarh to run a three-month awareness campaign and keep a two-month window open for mental illness patients before admitting paid senior citizens to Group Home, Sector 31-C.
Justice Sandeep Moudgil held that decade-long NHM contractual workers are State employees and directed regularisation within eight weeks, rejecting financial constraint and co-terminus project defences.
Justice Sumeet Goel dismissed a second anticipatory bail petition by a Superintending Engineer booked under Section 196(1) BNS for allegedly making derogatory remarks against a community in a viral video.
