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Justice Rupinderjit Chahal set aside a 2004 conviction under Section 376 IPC, holding that cumulative infirmities in prosecution evidence created an irreducible reasonable doubt.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed three rejection orders and directed Haryana to grant compassionate appointment to the son of Brigadier Abhimanyu Singh Rathore, who died during Operation Snow Leopard.
Justice Sumeet Goel dismissed a regular bail petition, holding that the minor victim's consistent court testimony carried substantial evidentiary weight and that absent medical evidence of penetrative assault was not a standalone ground for bail.
Conviction maintained under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, but six-month RI reduced to time already served; court holds prolonged litigation is a mitigating factor.
Justice Harpreet Singh Brar dismissed an unsuccessful candidate's challenge to Haryana's multi-tier Assistant Professor selection process but referred a conflict between co-ordinate benches to a larger bench.
The Division Bench held that a conspiracy to kill a gangster within court precincts, aided by a designated terrorist's money and logistics, prima facie satisfies the UAPA's definition of a terrorist act.
Punjab & Haryana High Court found no abrupt withdrawal of security from Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh after his departure from AAP, noting prior threat review and fresh CRPF cover.
A practising lawyer filed a PIL alleging that an ongoing lawyers' protest in Punjab was denying litigants access to justice; the court adjourned to 23 July 2026 after Bar leaders sought an internal settlement.
Weighing over a year in custody and zero prosecution witnesses examined against 417 grams of heroin, Justice Sanjay Vashisth granted bail after the POCSO victim appeared in court to confirm her marriage.
The High Court dismissed a second appeal challenging a 1976 Will and a consent decree, holding that long cohabitation and service rendered to a sonless proprietor suffice to sustain a testamentary disposition under general custom.
Upholding conviction under Section 302 IPC and Section 6 POCSO Act, the Division Bench commuted the death sentence while imposing a 50-year minimum actual sentence and enhanced fines totalling Rs 73 lakh.
No Test Identification Parade, FSL finding no petrol traces, a hostile principal witness, and an irrelevant Section 144 order led the Division Bench to affirm the trial court's acquittal.
The Division Bench held that PSPCL's award to the L-1 bidder was patently arbitrary because multiple mandatory type test certificates were absent at the time of bid and even after the purchase order was placed.
Acting on a suo motu PIL, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed that the Gurugram District Judgeship be shifted forthwith to the Tower of Justice complex, even before formal environmental and fire clearances are received.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that the first proviso to Section 223 of the BNSS, mandating a pre-cognizance hearing, does not apply to SFIO complaints before Special Courts under the Companies Act, 2013.
Justice Nidhi Gupta dismissed a writ petition seeking an e-admit card for the Assistant District Attorney exam, holding that the petitioner's own carelessness in not completing the application upload process was not a ground for court intervention.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court directed the State of Haryana to expedite completion of the Gurugram court building, noting it lacks statutory environmental clearances and court functioning is disrupted.
Justice Virinder Aggarwal granted regular bail to Sandeep Kumar, finding no prima facie basis to treat a security-cover letter addressed to him as an official secret under the 1923 Act.
The High Court found that Lovkesh Kumar was picked up at 5.38 a.m. on 11 August 2024 but shown arrested only after midnight, casting doubt on the prosecution's account.
Justice Sumeet Goel declined pre-arrest bail under Section 482 BNSS, holding that corruption by a police officer misusing investigative authority demands custodial interrogation and cannot be resolved at bail stage.
Shiv Kumar was 16 years old when convicted under IPC Sections 363, 366-A and 376. A 2025 age enquiry proved he was below 18 on the date of the offence in 1999, entitling him to the lighter sentencing regime of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000.
The court found passport records, immigration data, and WhatsApp video calls with close relatives sufficient to conclude that Devinder Kaur is alive and residing in Canada.
Justice Subhas Mehla held that dressing a pet dog in Krishna's attire for Janmashtami, posted as a WhatsApp status, disclosed no offence under Section 298 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya dismisses former minister Sunder Sham Arora's plea for de novo investigation by an independent agency in a Vigilance Bureau bribery case.
