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P&H High Court quashes proclaimed person order and Section 174-A IPC FIR after acquittal

Viren Sibal and Tisha Kalra appeared for the petitioners, who had been declared proclaimed persons in an Environment Protection Act complaint later ending in their acquittal. Relying on Daljit Singh v. State of Haryana, the Court held that once the main complaint ends in acquittal, continuing the Section 174-A IPC proceedings serves no useful purpose, and quashed the 2019 order and the FIR.

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Punjab and Haryana High Court

CRM-M-16728-2024

Decided 19 Aug 2026

Judgment

The office appeared for the respondent before the Punjab & Haryana High Court. The Court declined to interfere with the trial court allowing additional evidence, observing that Section 311 CrPC / 348 BNSS empowers courts to admit evidence necessary for a just adjudication.

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Order

Appeared for the petitioner before the Supreme Court, challenging the High Court’s dismissal of a second anticipatory bail petition. Issuing notice, the Court directed that no coercive steps be taken against the petitioner, subject to cooperation with the investigation.

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Judgment

The High Court upheld the eviction of a tenant from commercial premises in Ludhiana, recognising the landlord’s son’s genuine need to establish an independent business, and reaffirming that “own use” extends to dependent family members.

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Appearance

The office appeared before the Division Bench in a petition challenging an arrest and remand by the Directorate of Enforcement, questioning the invocation of PMLA on the basis of FEMA proceedings and the safeguards under Article 21.

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Judgment

Representing the respondent, the office assisted the Court on the interplay between the Negotiable Instruments Act and mediation law. The Court directed trial courts to refer NI Act cases to mediation immediately after service of the accused, with proceedings resuming if mediation fails.

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Update

Following a P&H High Court order of 8 September 2025 in a writ petition filed by the condominium association through the office, authorities acted on findings that the complex had been subdivided and sold without the licence required under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975.

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Judgment

The office represented a student challenging show-cause notices issued by his school in Gurugram. The ruling reaffirms the High Court’s parens patriae jurisdiction to balance institutional discipline with a child’s right to education.

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Appearance

Representing an intervenor, the office appeared before the P&H High Court, which directed that contempt petitions on implementation of its 2015 order on stray dog bite cases be sent to the Supreme Court, in view of the apex court’s directions consolidating such matters.

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Order

The P&H High Court asked a GST Additional Director General and an Intelligence Officer to show cause why contempt proceedings should not be initiated for misbehaving with a warrant officer sent to inspect their office on allegations of illegal detention. Viren Sibal appeared as Additional Public Prosecutor, UT Chandigarh.

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