Aiman J. Chishti

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Justice Rohit Kapoor, presently an Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as a permanent Judge of the High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charge of office.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR registered under Section 295-A IPC against the director, producer and lead actor of the film "Yaarian 2" over a song depicting a non-Amritdhari (unbaptised) actor wearing the Kirpan, holding that inadvertent artistic portrayal, without deliberate and malicious intent to outrage religious feelings, does not attract the offence.

Nominal Index [Citations 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 302 - 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 312] Sheetal

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has transferred a divorce petition filed by a husband from the Family Court at Hisar to the Family Court at Sonepat, on the wife's application, holding that a husband's offer to bear travelling expenses for hearings does not constitute an inflexible rule defeating a wife's prayer for transfer, and that the convenience of female litigants deserves due weightage...

The Punjab & Haryana High Court struck down the newly inserted Section 147A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which retrospectively clarifies the role of the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) in reassessment proceedings.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the statutory protection for fair criticism of a judicial act under Section 5 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 is available only in respect of a case that has been finally decided and cannot be invoked by a litigant to justify scandalous allegations levelled against Judges while his own litigation remains pending before them.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a woman accused of conniving with a co-accused to get multiple false rape cases registered across Punjab and Delhi with the object of extorting money from the alleged victims, while separately suggesting that a national-level database be developed to make the antecedents of habitual complainants available to investigating...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a bail application filed by a man accused under the Official Secrets Act and Section 152 BNS for allegedly sharing photographs of the Air Force Station, Ambala Cantt and Rafale jets with a woman operating from Pakistan, holding that even if the accused was a victim of a honey trap, there was no justification for sharing such sensitive...

In a batch of over 500 writ petitions, Division Bench holds Section 147A, inserted with retrospective effect from 01.04.2021 to validate JAO-issued reassessment notices —failed to remove the actual defect identified by nine High Courts, since Section 151A and the faceless-allocation scheme dated 29.03.2022 continue to exist unamended on the statute book; also independently quashes the impugned Section 148 notices for not being issued through randomized automated allocation

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a batch of contempt of court petitions concerning alleged non-compliance with safeguarding against illegal arrests, has directed the Director Generals of Police and Chief Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to file affidavits detailing compliance with the Supreme Court's directions in