Where case records have been irretrievably lost due to circumstances such as fire, and parties are unable to reconstruct the
The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds that a probationer may be discharged without departmental inquiry under Rule 12.21 of
Clarification on the Scope of Judicial Review under Order VII Rule 11 CPC by the High Court of Punjab and
The High Court held that when an accused is sought to be implicated in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
When a writ petition is dismissed solely due to the petitioner’s failure to prosecute, no new legal principle is created
The Court held that inordinate undertrial detention, even in serious non-bailable offences, necessitates bail when trial is unreasonably delayed and
The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that execution proceedings—including auction of an attached property—may be stayed and then fully
Settlement between judgment debtor and decree holder before the High Court is permitted and, upon consensus, the High Court may
A High Court bench has clarified that a regular second appeal may be withdrawn with consent of all parties when
The judgment reaffirms that when an accused person, implicated only on the basis of a co-accused’s disclosure statement, has duly
The court permitted withdrawal of the habeas corpus petition at the petitioner’s request, without passing any substantive order on the
The High Court reaffirms the power to quash FIRs under Section 482 CrPC in light of a genuine compromise between