CWP No. 17310 of 2015 (Shamsher Singh versus State of Haryana and others)
Retired employees and serving employees not to be treated as homogeneous class for grant of benefit of amended Rule -A...
CRA-S No. 1814-SB of 2003( Ravinder and another versus State of Haryana)
Love letters by victim to Appellant establish consent of victim Appeal of Convicts in rape and kidnapping case allowed...
MRC No. 6 of 2022 (State of Haryana versus Jaspal Singh @ Kala)
Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment without remission not being rarest of rare case of aggravated penetrative assault by father...
CWP_26747_2021(Amrik Singh versus U.T. Chd through Principal Secretary
Adoption deed cannot be refused to be registered for non obtaining consent of biological father serving sentence in rape case...
CWP No. 19775 of 2023 (Shikha and Others versus State of Haryana and Others)
The State is obligated to comply with the recommendation of the High Court in promotion of judicial officers Seeking opinion...
FAO_195_2006(Mamta and Others versus Happy and Others)
Guidelines issued to Courts Motor Accident Claims Tribunals dealing with Motor Accident Claims...
CWP No. 29407 of 2024 (SIMARPREET KAUR VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS)
State Election Commission cannot cancel Panchayat election Only Election Tribunal can decide on irregularities...
MRC No. 1 of 2020 (State of Punjab versus Baljinder Kumar @ Kala)
Death penalty conviction confirmed due to brutal nature of crime as diabolic act whereby the conscience of society as a...
ILR | Punjab & Haryana High Court | Indian Law Reports

Foreword

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia
Acting Chief Justice,
Chairman

His Lordship was born on November 1, 1965 and did B.A.(Hons.) from DAV College,Chandigarh in 1986 and his L.L.B from the Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1989.

His Lordship was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh in August in the same year. His Lordship has represented the Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh, the Official Liquidator attached to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Punjab Financial Corporation, the Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (MARKFED), Punjab State Electricity Board, Food Corporation of India, Punjab State Agricultural and Marketing Board, Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation and the Punjab and Haryana High Court. His Lordship has handled a mixed bag of work pertaining to Criminal, Civil, Service,Land Acquisition and Constitutional law on the private side besides being on the panel of the aforesaid institutions. His Lordship has been a sportsman during his College days representing his College and University in the sport of Lawn Tennis.

His Lordship belongs to a legal family as his Lordship's father was Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court From 1978 to 1983, and of the Patna High Court from 1983 to 1987. His Lordship was elevated to the Bench on September 30, 2011, as an additional Judge and became permanent judge of this Court on January 24, 2014. His Lordship remained Chairman of the Hon'ble Mediation and Conciliation Committee, Hon'ble Recruitment and Promotion Committee (Superior Judicial Service), Hon'ble Recruitment and Promotion Committee (Subordinate Judicial Service), Hon'ble Vigilance & Disciplinary Committee, Hon’ble Training and Programme Committee, Hon’ble Screening Committee, Hon’ble Building Committee, Punjab, Hon’ble Inter District Transfer Committee, Hon’ble Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates, Hon’ble Committee for Litigation Matter, Hon’ble Committee for Implementation of Model Case Flow Management and also is the Executive Chairman of the Punjab State Legal Services Authority. His Lordship took charge of the Acting Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court on 04.02.2024.