Punjab and Haryana High Court

"Punjab High Court" redirects here. For the high court in Pakistan, see Lahore High Court.

Punjab and Haryana High Court
Facade of the High Court Building
Map
Interactive map of Punjab and Haryana High Court
Established15 August 1947; 78 years ago (1947-08-15)
JurisdictionPunjab, Haryana and Chandigarh
LocationChandigarh
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Supreme Court Collegium including Chief Justice of India on recommendation of High Court Collegium.
Authorised byConstitution of India
Appeals toSupreme Court of India
Judge term lengthMandatory retirement at 62 years of age
Number of positions85 (64 Permanent, 21 Additional)
WebsiteHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana
Chief Justice
CurrentlyJustice Sheel Nagu
Since9 July 2024

Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of judges of this High Court is, 85 consisting of 64 Permanent Judges, including the Chief Justice, and 21 Additional Judges. As of 14 September 2023, there are 58 Judges working in the High Court, comprising 36 Permanent and 22 Additional Judges.[1]

The court building is known as the Palace of Justice. Designed by Le Corbusier, it and several of his other works were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in July 2016.[2][3]

Sarv Mittra Sikri, who had been practising in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and remained Advocate-General for Punjab from 1 November 1956 to 2 February 1964, was the first to be appointed as judge of the Supreme Court of India on 3 February 1964 directly from the Bar; later, becoming the Chief Justice of India on 22 January 1971, again with the distinction of being first of only two CJIs directly from the Bar.

Past judges include Madan Mohan Punchhi, P. Sathasivam, Tirath Singh Thakur, Jagdish Singh Khehar, Ranjan Gogoi and Surya Kant who were elevated to the Supreme Court of India and became Chief Justice of India.[4][5][6]

History

Formation

Lahore High Court building, c. 1880s.

Punjab and Haryana High Court was formerly known as Lahore High Court, which was established on 21 March 1919. The jurisdiction of that court covered undivided Punjab and Delhi. From 1920 to 1943, the Court was conferred with extraterritorial jurisdiction over that part of China that formed part of the British consular district of Kashgar, which had previously been under the jurisdiction of the British Supreme Court for China.[7] This ceased upon the ratification of the British-Chinese Treaty for the Relinquishment of Extra-Territorial Rights in China.[8]

Independence-induced split

Following the independence of India and its Partition at midnight on 14–15 August 1947, a separate High Court of East Punjab was created by the Governor General's High Courts (Punjab) Order, 1947 issued under Section 9 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, based at historic Peterhoff building in Shimla for the territories as included in the then Province of East Punjab and the then Province of Delhi. This had jurisdiction over the erstwhile territories of Patiala and East Punjab States Union and the East Punjab Province, which now covers areas of Indian Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. It was at Peterhoff where the trial of Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, took place in 1948–49.[9]

On introduction of the Constitution of India on 26 January 1950, the State of East Punjab came to be known as the Punjab and accordingly, the name of the High Court was also changed as High Court of Punjab. Simultaneously, Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), which was created by uniting eight princely states on 15 July 1948, was also made a Part 'B' State with a separate High Court of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU). As per Article 214(2) of the Constitution of India, the High Court was to be continued along with other High Courts.

From 17 January 1955, the Court was moved to its present location in Chandigarh.[10]

By States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was merged in the State of Punjab on 1 November 1956. The Judges of the High Court of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) became Judges of the Punjab High Court. The strength of High Court of Punjab, which had originally 8 Judges, rose to 13.

Renaming and reduction of jurisdiction

The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 paved the way for the formation of Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh from 1 November 1966. Those formations also saw the renaming of the High Court of Punjab as the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The Judges of the High Court of Punjab became Judges of the common High Court with all the powers and jurisdiction of the High Court of Punjab. However, the principal seat of the High Court remained at Chandigarh.[10] Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh has original as well as appellate and supervisory jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to Chandigarh (a Union Territory and also capital of Punjab and Haryana), Punjab and Haryana.[11] The High Court of Punjab and Haryana has operated since 1 November 1966 in its present form.[10]

A Circuit Bench of the High Court of Punjab had been working at Delhi since 1952, which was replaced by constituting a separate High Court for the Union Territory of Delhi on 31 October 1966 under the Delhi High Court Act, 1966.[12] Three Judges of the Punjab High Court were transferred to the Delhi High Court, which includes a famous Judge-Hans Raj Khanna.

Following area of State of Punjab namely Shimla, Kangra, Kullu and Lahaul and Spiti Districts; Nalagarh tehsil of Ambala District; Lohara, Amb and Una kanungo circles, some area of Santokhgarh kanungo circle and some other specified area of Una tehsil of Hoshiarpur District besides some parts of Dhar Kalan Kanungo circle of Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur District; were merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 November 1966 as per Section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and thus the jurisdiction of the High Court was reduced.[citation needed]

On 30 April 2022, at a joint meeting of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts, Punjab and Haryana proposed the establishment of separate high courts for each state.[13] Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar proposed a High Court of Haryana in Chandigarh, and Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann proposed a High Court of Punjab in New Chandigarh. The Haryana Legislative Assembly had issued resolutions for a separate high court in 2002, 2005, and 2017.[14]

Chandigarh court building architecture

Le Corbusier, who designed the master plan for Chandigarh, was chosen to execute the project of building the high court. India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, enthusiastically supported the project and took a sustained interest in its execution. When he visited the project on 2 April 1952, he declared "Let this be a new town symbolic of the freedom of India, unfettered by the traditions of the past, an expression of the nation's faith in the future."[citation needed][15]

Chief Justice and Judges

See also: List of sitting judges of High Courts of India § Punjab and Haryana High Court

Former Chief Justices

  • Legends:
    • ACJ – Acting Chief Justice
    • Res – Resigned

List of Chief Justices.[16]

List

# Picture Chief Justice Took office Left office
Chief Court of the Punjab (1880–1919)
1 Sir Henry Meredyth Plowden 1880 1895
2 Sir Charles Arthur Roe 1895 1898
3 Sir William Ovens Clark 1898 1909
4 Sir Arthur Hay Stewart Reid 1909 1914
5 Sir Alfred Kensington 1914 1915
6 Sir Donald Campbell Johnstone 1915 1917
7 Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan 1917 1919
Lahore High Court (1920–1947)
8 Sir Shadi Lal 1920 1934
9 Sir John Douglas Young 1934 1943
10 Sir Arthur Trevor Harries 1943 1946
11 Sir Abdul Rashid 1946 1947

List

Chief Justices of Punjab High Court (1947–1966)
# Picture Name Tenure Oath Administered by
12 Justice Ram Lall 15 August 1947 18 January 1949 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
13 Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das 19 January 1949 21 January 1950
14 Justice Eric Weston 21 January 1950 8 December 1952
15 Justice Amar Nath Bandhari 9 December 1952 18 November 1959
16 Justice Gopal Das Ghosla 19 November 1959 14 December 1961 Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
17 Justice Donald Falshaw 15 December 1961 29 May 1966
(Res)
18 Justice Mehar Singh 29 May 1966 continued Ujjal Singh
Chief Justices of Punjab and Haryana High Court (1966-till now)
18 Justice Mehar Singh continued 14 August 1970 –
19 Justice Harbans Singh 15 August 1970 8 April 1974 D. C. Pavate
20 Justice Daya Krishan Mahajan 10 April 1974 11 May 1974 Mahendra Mohan Choudhry
21 Justice Ranjit Singh Narula 11 May 1974 31 November 1977
(Res)
22 Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy
(on appointment of R. S. Narula as acting Governor of Punjab) 		28 June 1976 23 October 1976
23 Justice Anand Dev Koshal 1 November 1977 17 July 1978 Ranjit Singh Narula
24 Justice Surjit Singh Sandhawalia 17 July 1978 28 November 1983 Jaisukh lal Hathi
25 Justice Prem Chand Jain 28 November 1983 31 July 1985 Bhairab Dutt Pande
1 August 1985 18 August 1986 Arjun Singh
26 Justice Hariday Nath Seth 18 August 1986 14 October 1987 Siddhartha Shankar Ray
27 Justice Debi Singh Tewatia 15 October 1987 29 October 1987
28 Justice R. N. Mittal 30 October 1987 11 November 1987
29 Justice Veeraswami Ramaswamy 12 November 1987 6 October 1989
30 Justice Shanti Sarup Dewan 6 October 1989 23 October 1989
24 October 1989 31 December 1989
Justice Jitendra Vir Gupta 1 January 1990 8 July 1990 Nirmal Mukarji
31 9 July 1990 1 May 1991
(Res) 		Virendra Verma
32 Justice Gokal Chand Mital 19 May 1991 4 August 1991 Om Prakash Malhotra
33 Justice Iqbal Singh Tiwana 5 August 1991 19 September 1991
34 Justice Bipin Chandra Verma 19 September 1991 2 May 1992 Surendra Nath
35 Justice Mandagadde Rama Jois 3 May 1992 31 August 1992
36 Justice S. S. Sodhi 1 September 1992 12 November 1992
37 Justice Sudarshan Dayal Agarwal 13 November 1992 14 January 1994
38 Justice Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar 16 January 1994 27 March 1996
39 Justice M. S. Liberhan
(on appointment of S. P. Kurdukar as acting Governor of Punjab) 		10 July 1994 16 August 1994
40 Justice R. P. Sethi 16 August 1994
(on appointment of S. P. Kurdukar as acting Governor of Punjab) 		18 September 1994 Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar
27 March 1996 27 June 1996 B. K. N. Chhibber
41 Justice M. S. Liberhan 27 June 1996 30 July 1996
42 Justice K. Sreedharan 30 July 1996 18 October 1997
43 Justice Amarjeet Chaudhary 18 October 1997 7 November 1997
45 Justice A. B. Saharya 7 November 1997 14 September 2002
46 Justice G. S. Singhvi 28 January 2002 17 April 2002 J. F. R. Jacob
5 August 2002 11 August 2002
2 September 2002 8 September 2002
14 September 2002 14 October 2002
47 Justice Binod Kumar Roy 14 October 2002 21 February 2005
48 Justice G. S. Singhvi 21 February 2005 25 February 2005 Sunith Francis Rodrigues
49 Justice H. S. Bedi 26 February 2005 11 March 2005
50 Justice D. K. Jain 11 March 2005 9 April 2006
51 Justice H. S. Bedi 10 April 2006 2 October 2006
52 Justice S. S. Nijjar 3 October 2006 28 November 2006
53 Justice Vijender Jain 28 November 2006 1 August 2008
54 Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar 2 August 2008 11 August 2008
55 Justice Tirath Singh Thakur 11 August 2008 16 November 2009
56 Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar 17 November 2009 29 November 2009
57 Justice Mehtab Singh Gill 29 November 2009 5 December 2009
58 Justice Mukul Mudgal 5 December 2009 3 January 2011
59 Justice Ranjan Gogoi 4 January 2011 11 February 2011 Shivraj Patil
12 February 2011 22 April 2012
60 Justice Adrash Kumar Goel
(during leave of Ranjan Gogoi) 		2 February 2011 11 September 2011
61 Justice M. M. Kumar 12 September 2011
(during leave of Ranjan Gogoi) 		9 November 2011
23 April 2012 8 June 2012
62 Justice Jasbir Singh 8 June 2012 23 September 2012
63 Justice A. K. Sikri 23 September 2012 11 April 2013
64 Justice Jasbir Singh 12 April 2013 31 May 2013
65 Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul 1 June 2013 25 July 2014
66 Justice Ashutosh Mohunta 26 July 2014 15 December 2014
67 Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar 15 December 2014 6 August 2016
7 August 2016 3 May 2018 Kaptan Singh Solanki
68 Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal 4 May 2018 2 June 2018 V. P. Singh Badnore
69 Justice Krishna Murari 2 June 2018 22 September 2019
70 Justice Rajiv Sharma 23 September 2019 5 October 2019
71 Justice Ravi Shankar Jha 6 October 2019 13 October 2023
72 Justice Ritu Bahri 14 October 2023 3 February 2024 Banwarilal Purohit
73 Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia 4 February 2024 8 July 2024
74 Justice Sheel Nagu 9 July 2024 Incumbent

Judges elevated as Chief Justices

This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Punjab & Haryana. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Punjab & Haryana High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Punjab & Haryana High Court but does not have Punjab & Haryana as their Parent High Court.

Name Image Appointed as CJ in HC of Date of appointment Date of retirement[a] Tenure Ref..
As Judge As Chief Justice As Chief Justice As Judge[b]
Gopal Das Khosla Punjab & Haryana 1 November 1944 19 November 1959 14 December 1961 2 years, 26 days 17 years, 44 days [17]
Donald Falshaw Punjab & Haryana 26 September 1946 15 December 1961 29 May 1966[RES] 4 years, 166 days 19 years, 246 days
Mehar Singh Punjab & Haryana 24 December 1953 30 May 1966 14 August 1970 4 years, 77 days 16 years, 234 days
Inder Dev Dua Delhi 11 August 1958 14 November 1967 31 July 1969[‡] 1 year, 260 days 10 years, 355 days
Harbans Singh Punjab & Haryana 15 August 1970 8 April 1974 3 years, 237 days 15 years, 241 days [18]
Daya Krishan Mahajan Punjab & Haryana 11 May 1959 10 April 1974 10 May 1974 31 days 15 years, 0 days
Hans Raj Khanna Delhi 7 May 1962 1 August 1969 22 September 1971[‡] 2 years, 53 days 9 years, 138 days [19]
Ranjit Singh Narula Punjab & Haryana 1 April 1965 11 May 1974 31 October 1977[RES] 3 years, 174 days 12 years, 214 days [17]
Anand Dev Koshal Punjab & Haryana 28 May 1968 1 November 1977 16 July 1978[‡] 258 days 10 years, 50 days
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia Punjab & Haryana, transferred to Patna 17 July 1978 27 July 1987 9 years, 11 days 19 years, 61 days
Prem Chand Jain Punjab & Haryana, transferred to Karnataka 24 June 1968 1 August 1985 16 September 1989 4 years, 47 days 21 years, 85 days
Manmohan Singh Gujral Sikkim 21 August 1969 7 May 1976 14 March 1983 6 years, 312 days 13 years, 206 days
Debi Singh Tewatia Punjab & Haryana, transferred to Calcutta 6 February 1970 15 October 1987 2 May 1988[RES] 201 days 18 years, 87 days
Shanti Sarup Dewan Punjab & Haryana 14 December 1977 24 October 1989 31 December 1989 69 days 12 years, 18 days
Jitendra Vir Gupta Punjab & Haryana 19 February 1979 9 July 1990 1 May 1991[RES] 297 days 12 years, 72 days
Sukhdev Singh Kang Jammu & Kashmir 24 October 1989 14 May 1993 3 years, 203 days 14 years, 85 days [20]
Gokal Chand Mittal Delhi, transferred to Rajasthan 5 August 1991 3 March 1995 3 years, 211 days 16 years, 13 days [21]
Sarvinder Singh Sodhi Allahabad 18 June 1982 29 April 1994 9 April 1995 346 days 12 years, 296 days [22]
Manmohan Singh Liberhan Madras, transferred to Andhra Pradesh 11 February 1987 7 July 1997 10 November 2000 3 years, 127 days 13 years, 274 days [23]
Ravinder Singh Mongia Gauhati 15 June 1990 21 September 2001 9 June 2002 262 days 11 years, 360 days [24]
Jawahar Lal Gupta Kerala 15 March 1991 2 November 2002 21 January 2004 1 year, 81 days 12 years, 313 days [25]
Nauvdip Kumar Sodhi Kerala, transferred to Karnataka 6 April 2004 29 November 2005 1 year, 238 days 14 years, 260 days [26]
Vinod Kumar Bali Kerala 22 January 2006 23 January 2007 1 year, 2 days 15 years, 129 days [27]
Harjit Singh Bedi Bombay 3 October 2006 11 January 2007[‡] 101 days 15 years, 303 days [28]
Surinder Singh Nijjar Calcutta 8 April 1996 7 March 2007 16 November 2009[‡] 2 years, 255 days 13 years, 223 days [29]
Jagdish Singh Khehar Uttarakhand, transferred to Karnataka 8 February 1999 29 November 2009 12 September 2011[‡] 1 year, 288 days 12 years, 217 days
Adarsh Kumar Goel Gauhati, transferred to Orissa 2 July 2001 20 December 2011 6 July 2014[‡] 2 years, 199 days 13 years, 5 days
Mahesh Mittal Kumar Jammu & Kashmir 9 June 2012 4 January 2015 2 years, 210 days 13 years, 187 days [20]
Virender Singh Jharkhand 2 July 2002 1 November 2014 6 October 2016 1 year, 341 days 14 years, 97 days [30]
Satish Kumar Mittal Rajasthan 5 March 2016 14 April 2016 41 days 13 years, 288 days [31]
Hemant Gupta Madhya Pradesh 18 March 2017 1 November 2018[‡] 1 year, 229 days 16 years, 123 days
Ajay Kumar Mittal Meghalaya, transferred to Madhya Pradesh 9 January 2004 28 May 2019 29 September 2020 1 year, 125 days 16 years, 265 days [32]
Surya Kant Himachal Pradesh 5 October 2018 23 May 2019[‡] 231 days 15 years, 134 days
Ajai Lamba Gauhati 22 March 2006 7 October 2019 20 September 2020 350 days 14 years, 183 days [24]
Rajesh Bindal Allahabad 11 October 2021 12 February 2023[‡] 1 year, 125 days 16 years, 327 days
Jaswant Singh Tripura 5 December 2007 15 February 2023 22 February 2023 8 days 15 years, 80 days [33]
Augustine George Masih Rajasthan 10 July 2008 30 May 2023 8 November 2023[‡] 163 days 15 years, 121 days
Ritu Bahri Uttarakhand 16 August 2010 4 February 2024 10 October 2024 250 days 14 years, 56 days [34]
Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia Himachal Pradesh 30 September 2011 29 December 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 67 days 14 years, 157 days
Arun Palli Jammu & Kashmir 28 December 2013 16 April 2025 324 days 12 years, 68 days
  1. ^ this inlcudes date of resignation, death and Elevation to supreme court
  2. ^ also includes tenure as Chief Justice

Judges elevated to Supreme Court

This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Punjab & Haryana. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Punjab & Haryana High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Punjab & Haryana High Court but does not have Punjab & Haryna as their Parent High Court.

  Served as Chief Justice of India
# Name of the Judge Image Date of Appointment Date of Retirement Tenure Immediately preceding office
In Parent High Court In Supreme Court In High Court(s) In Supreme Court Total tenure[a]
1 Jeevan Lal Kapur 6 June 1949 14 January 1957 12 December 1962 7 years, 222 days 5 years, 333 days 13 years, 190 days Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC
2 Amar Nath Grover 10 October 1957 11 February 1968 31 May 1973[RES] 10 years, 124 days 5 years, 110 days 15 years, 234 days Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC
3 Inder Dev Dua 11 August 1958 1 August 1969 3 October 1972 10 years, 355 days 3 years, 64 days 14 years, 54 days 2nd CJ of Delhi HC
4 Hans Raj Khanna 7 May 1962 22 September 1971 11 March 1977[RES] 9 years, 138 days 5 years, 171 days 14 years, 309 days 3rd CJ of Delhi HC
5 Ranjit Singh Sarkaria 12 June 1967 17 September 1973 15 January 1981 6 years, 97 days 7 years, 121 days 13 years, 218 days Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC
6 Anand Dev Koshal 28 May 1968 17 July 1978 6 March 1982 10 years, 50 days 3 years, 233 days 13 years, 283 days 11th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
7 Madan Mohan Punchhi 24 October 1979 6 October 1989 9 October 1998 9 years, 347 days 9 years, 4 days 18 years, 351 days Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC
8 Ashok Bhan 15 June 1990 17 August 2001 2 October 2008 11 years, 63 days 7 years, 108 days 18 years, 110 days Judge of Karnataka HC
9 Harjit Singh Bedi 15 March 1991 12 January 2007 4 September 2011 15 years, 303 days 4 years, 236 days 20 years, 174 days 36th CJ of Bombay HC
10 Surinder Singh Nijjar 8 April 1996 17 November 2009 6 June 2014 13 years, 223 days 4 years, 202 days 18 years, 60 days 33rd CJ of Calcutta HC
11 Jagdish Singh Khehar 8 February 1999 13 September 2011 27 August 2017 12 years, 217 days 5 years, 349 days 18 years, 201 days 25th CJ of Karnataka HC
12 Adarsh Kumar Goel 2 July 2001 7 July 2014 6 July 2018 13 years, 5 days 4 years, 0 days 17 years, 5 days 26th CJ of Orissa HC
13 Hemant Gupta 2 July 2002 2 November 2018 16 October 2022 16 years, 123 days 3 years, 349 days 20 years, 107 days 23rd CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
14 Surya Kant 9 January 2004 24 May 2019 Incumbent 15 years, 134 days 6 years, 286 days 22 years, 55 days 23rd CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
15 Rajesh Bindal 22 March 2006 13 February 2023 Incumbent 16 years, 327 days 3 years, 22 days 19 years, 348 days 49th CJ of Allahabad HC
16 Augustine George Masih 10 July 2008 9 November 2023 15 years, 121 days 2 years, 117 days 17 years, 238 days 41st CJ of Rajasthan HC
  1. ^ Includes both tenure as High Court Judge as well as Supreme Court Judge

Digitization

Punjab and Haryana high court is high court where entire record of the decision and pending cases have been digitized.[35] Digitized record paved way for many unique applications such as

  1. Issuance of certified copies directly from digitized records depository as it is digitally signed.
  2. Availability of records of decided and pending cases for court reference in soft form.
  3. Facility of inspection of case files in soft copy from DMS(e- inspection).
  4. To provide paper books to the all e-diary account holders.
  5. Use of digitized records for the issuance of e- notices by the court.
  6. Any hard copy of a paper book, if lost, can be reconstructed without any loss of time, if required.

The figures of the work done are as under:[36]

Digitization Statistics: Figures
Judicial files pages scanned 14.71 crores
paper books scanned 26.25 lakhs
orders scanned 59.64 lakhs
Old copy petitions pages scanned 10.38 lakhs
Pages of administration files scanned 1.21 crores

Virtual private network

VPN connection has been provided to honourable judges of high court for accessing DMS for scanned paper books from their camp office or from any other place.[37]

e- diary

e-diary is a feature whereby account holders can manage their own case portfolio and view the cases filed or represented by them. Online status of the case along with interim and final orders/ judgments were made available through e-diary.[38] All identified cases of different departments such as Income tax department, Insurance company, Union of India, Advocates General of Punjab and Haryana are automatically pushed in their online e-diary accounts. In addition to the e-diary system, the state governments are in develop court cases monitoring system(CCMS) through which they will monitor pending cases in the Supreme court of India.[39]

e- filing

Online web based e- filing module is functional for filing cases 24 X 7.e- filed cases expedite issuance of copies of orders, summons and is a step towards paperless court regime. It is made compulsory to file cases on online.[40]

Personal information system

In the house, the software has been developed, which contains personal profile and service record of the judicial officer. Access to relevant information has been given at different levels such as Administrative judge, registrar general, registrar vigilance, district judge and the officer concerned.

Updating information of case after final decision

Decided cases are available on the website of the high court. On many occasions, the final order is reviewed/ modified or challenged by filing into court appeal. Status subsequent to final disposal of the matter is shown and when print out of final order is taken from the website. The printout carries a message showing the up-to-date status of the case.

Precedence setting cases

In a case of cow-smuggling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court while treating animals as the "legal person" mandated that "entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic" species has a "distinct legal persona with corresponding rights, duties, and liabilities of a living person" and humans are "loco parentis" while laying out the norms for animal welfare, veterinary treatment, fodder and shelter, e.g. animal drawn carriages must not have more than four humans, and load carrying animals must not be loaded beyond the specified limits and those limits must be halved when animals have to carry the load up a slope.[41]

See also

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