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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.
