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Gurmail Singh v. Union of India and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC11 Sept 2025CWP/23050/2023

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What is this about?

Gurmail Singh vs Union of India and others; CWP-23050-2023; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; decided 11.09.2025; Coram: Justice Suvir Sehgal; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; alternative remedy; appeal under Section 68-O of the NDPS Act, 1985; advocates: J.S.Bains (petitioner); Puneeta Sethi and Yashoodev Singh (respondents No.1 and 2); Siddharth Sandhu (Assistant Advocate General, Punjab); Smiksha Hans, Chahat and Anurag Jain (respondent No.5 – SBI).

What did the court decide?

Liberty to take recourse to the alternative remedy of filing an appeal under Section 68-O of the NDPS Act, 1985. ¶14

Gurmail Singh Vs Union of India and Others — Narcotics (NDPS) | Punjab & Haryana HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

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CHANDIGARH

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(105) CWP-23050-2023 Date of decision:- 11.09.2025

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Gurmail Singh ...Petitioner

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Versus

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Union of India and others ...Respondents

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL

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Present:- Mr. J.S.Bains, Advocate, for the petitioner.

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Ms. Puneeta Sethi, Senior Panel Counsel, with Mr. Yashoodev Singh, Advocate, for respondents No.1 and 2.

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Mr. Siddharth Sandhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

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Ms. Smiksha Hans, Advocate and Ms. Chahat, Advocate, for Mr. Anurag Jain, Advocate, for respondent No.5 – SBI.

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SUVIR SEHGAL, J. (Oral)

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When confronted with the availability of an alternative remedy of filing an appeal under Section 68-O of the NDPS Act, 1985, counsel for the petitioner seeks and is granted permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to take recourse to the same.

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