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Justice Bansal observed that police personnel appeared to have been deployed beyond officially sanctioned strength at public expense.

HC seeks details on security cover beneficiaries, unofficial police deployment in Moga

May 14, 2026 9:22 am

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has launched a probe into the potential misuse of state resources, specifically focusing on the deployment of police personnel for private security.

In the revision petition, the husband through his lawyer, advocate Loveneet Thakur, contended that the wife had poured an inflammable liquid (spirit chemical) on him and set him ablaze on the intervening night of May 13-14, 2020, while he was sleeping. He suffered 45 per cent burns and remained admitted at CMC Hospital,

High court stays maintenance to wife facing trial for bid to murder husband

April 23, 2026 7:36 pm

Punjab and Haryana high court halts Rs 5,000 monthly award granted by family court, citing husband’s 45 per cent burn injuries from alleged attack

Punjab and Haryana High Court Nayagaon sewer project

Punjab and Haryana High Court sets 5-month deadline for Nayagaon sewer network completion

April 16, 2026 7:27 pm

Warns of contempt action against sewerage board CEO

The court ruled that settled possession, not title, is decisive in suits seeking protection from interference.

High Court ends 40-year land dispute, protects buyer’s possession

January 09, 2026 9:48 am

The judgment reaffirms a settled legal principle that even where title is disputed, a person in peaceful and settled possession is entitled to protection against unlawful dispossession.

Impose prohibitory orders only in urgent cases, HC tells deputy commissioners in Punjab

December 02, 2025 5:24 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court says the provision empowers district authorities to act only in ‘urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger’ and that the statute must be ‘followed to the hilt’.

The related appeal has been transferred to the Panchkula Sessions Court for hearing on January 12, 2026.

Punjab and Haryana HC sends cheque-bounce acquittal challenge to Sessions Court after new SC ruling

December 01, 2025 5:03 pm

The order applies the Supreme Court’s interpretation that cheque-bounce complainants are ‘victims’ entitled to appeal without the high court’s leave.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court enforced a 22-year-old eviction order against occupants of a BBMB shop in Nangal,(File)

Punjab and Haryana HC weighs shortcut to speed up plan to decongest complex

November 29, 2025 4:12 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association sought the immediate appointment of a design firm for the holistic redevelopment of its complex.

In his judgment, Justice Sumeet Goel emphasised that the paramount consideration in all matters relating to the custody of a minor is the welfare and best interests of the child.

Chandigarh Super Bazar staff get justice after 25-year legal battle

September 25, 2025 4:57 pm

The judgment, delivered on September 16, stems from the society’s closure in 2000. The court upheld the employees’ claims against the Registrar Cooperative Societies, Union Territory of Chandigarh.