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‘Busy celebrating diwali’: Punjab and Haryana High Court slams senior officials for 'ignorance' over urgent order

February 06, 2026 12:14 pm

Punjab and Haryana High Court Latest News: The Punjab and Haryana High Court said that the Board should have acted on a war footing, and the necessary compliance could have been completed within a single working day.

Can courts examine if questions are too hard? Punjab and Haryana High Court junks 2016 constable exam candidate's plea

February 05, 2026 10:37 am

The Punjab and Haryana High Court said that setting examination papers is exclusive prerogative of recruitment board, and court has no mechanism to determine if questions meet a 10+2 or graduation standard.

‘Curbed with iron hand’: Punjab and Haryana High Court refuses to transfer 89-year-old’s trial over ‘imaginary anxieties’

February 05, 2026 12:01 pm

Punjab and Haryana High Court News: The Punjab and Haryana High Court said that if litigants are allowed to avoid courts they feel uncomfortable in, it would lead to anarchy in the adjudicatory process.

Punjab and Haryana High Court steps in: Why this sub-inspector’s punishment for extortion was slashed despite ‘guilt’

January 29, 2026 12:04 pm

Punjab and Haryana High Court news: The Punjab and Haryana High Court said he was not entirely innocent given witness testimony confirming his intervention in financial transactions, the departmental punishment was not proportionate to the offence.

Custom v. Constitution: Why Punjab and Haryana High Court struck down a 40-year-old curb on a widow’s right to sell land

January 28, 2026 11:58 am

Widow property rights: The Punjab and Haryana High Court said that customary law like Riwaj-i-Am that curtails a woman's proprietary rights solely based on gender and withstand scrutiny of Article 14 of Constitution of India.

Rs 52 lakh to Rs 9.16 crore: Punjab and Haryana High Court says ‘not only about numbers’ in record payout for disabled lawyer

January 31, 2026 9:33 am

Punjab and Haryana High Court News: While modifying tribunal order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said that compensation in serious injury cases must respond to medical needs of future, particularly when life-saving advanced treatment is unavailable in India.

Punjab and Haryana HC upholds right to challenge interim commercial court orders under Constitution

January 20, 2026 6:06 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court clarifies the limits of its supervisory powers and refuses to interfere in the Otsuka-Trans Engineers dispute.

Why Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to try a woman as an adult for her mother-in-law's murder

January 20, 2026 8:58 am

juvenile justice act murder case: Justice Vashistha said that the current mental capacity of the accused could not reflect the state of mind at the time of the occurrence of the alleged offence.

Punjab pensioners win battle against reduced lump sum payments as Punjab and Haryana HC limits scope of 2003 govt circular

December 24, 2025 2:00 pm

Punjab and Haryana HC provided relief restricted to the petitioners, without quashing the 2003 govt circular on pension commutation discount rate universally.

Victims can appeal acquittals in sessions court without seeking special leave: Punjab & Haryana High Court

December 19, 2025 2:48 pm

Citing a Supreme Court ruling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the transfer of the appeal to a sessions judge. The criminal case was decided in 2017.

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