Kewal Krishan Sharma and Others v. State of Punjab and Others
Writ Petition – Disposal in terms of earlier decision of this Court
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP-1457-2025, Kewal Krishan Sharma and others v. State of Punjab and others, High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh, Deepak Gupta, J. (oral), decided 20.01.2025. Short oral writ petition disposed of in terms of the Court's earlier order in CWP No.7242 of 2023, Naresh Kumar Goel and others v. State of Punjab and others (decided 17.09.2024). Holding: relief cannot be denied to a petitioner merely because the department/State intends to avail appropriate remedy against the relied-upon judgment. Relevant to pleas of parity and consistency where the State contests an earlier ruling but has not obtained its reversal.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of in the same terms as Naresh Kumar Goel and others v. State of Punjab and others, CWP No.7242 of 2023, decided on 17.09.2024. ¶27