Surinder Kumar and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch disposal of seven CWPs (O&M) filed 2021–2022 in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh against the State of Punjab and others; decided 14.07.2025 by Harsimran Singh Sethi J. Petitions disposed of as not pressed on counsel's statement (Rakesh Sobti) that petitioners would file fresh petitions; Court directed that any fresh petition be treated as within limitation as the petitioners had approached the Court in 2021; pending miscellaneous applications disposed of; photocopy of order to connected files. State represented by Deputy Advocate General Akshita Chauhan; Aayush/Samir Rathaur for respondent No. 5 in CWP-13845-2021. No statute or precedent discussed; order marked speaking/reasoned: Yes, reportable: No. Keywords: limitation benefit; not pressed; fresh petition; connected matters.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of as not pressed; petitioners free to file fresh petitions, which will be treated as within limitation since they had already approached this Court in 2021; pending miscellaneous applications, if any, disposed of; photocopy of the order to be placed on the files of the connected cases.