Pranav Shukla The Punjab & Haryana High Court on 17 December, 2024, reiterated that a person is assumed to be in good physical and mental health at the time of joining the military unless explicitly stated otherwise. Any decline in Read more
Alok Singh Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia has been appointed Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The central government finalized on Monday on 23 December, 2024, following the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation in September 2024. Before this, Justice Sandhawalia Read more
Pranav Shukla The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently highlighted the underuse of virtual court facilities by lawyers, pointing out that many were not taking advantage of the video conferencing (VC) option available for hearings. In response, the Punjab and Read more
Aastha Pareek The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a directive to media outlets, requesting them to avoid mentioning the names of judges while reporting on the Court proceedings, orders, and judgments, especially in ‘sensitive cases’. This request was Read more
Aastha Pareek The Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 17 (Tuesday), ruled that litigants do not have an absolute right to represent themselves as a party-in-person before the Court. Justice Sumeet Goel clarified that the discretion to allow such Read more
Alok Singh The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on 18 December, 2024, examined concerns surrounding a concert by singer Diljit Dosanjh in Chandigarh, where the noise levels reportedly exceeded permissible limits set under the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, Read more
Pranav Shukla The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday that in criminal cases with multiple accused, partial settlements with some defendants aren’t permissible. This implies that if there’s a compromise with one or a few accused, it can’t automatically Read more
Rehan Khan Kaustubh Shakkarwar, a lawyer and LLM student at OP Jindal Global University, has filed a petition against the university, challenging its decision to fail him for allegedly submitting AI-generated content in an examination. Filed with the Punjab and Read more
Rehan Khan On 22nd October, the Punjab and Haryana High Court took strict action against a lawyer’s clerk for disrupting court proceedings by speaking loudly on his phone. The incident occurred during the hearing of an election petition challenging the Read more
Rehan Khan On 10th September, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that daily wage workers, contractual employees, and ad hoc appointees are entitled to the same pay as their regularly appointed counterparts, provided they perform similar duties. This Read more