High Court of Punjab and HaryanaLPA/1810/2025disposed of

Aas Mohammad And Others v. State Of Haryana And Others

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! 0 > DD@@ % #% - ( Mr. Rajesh Arora, Advocate for the appellant in LPA-1810-2025.

Mr. Sajjan Singh, Advocate for the appellant in ' 8 Mr. Shvetanshu Goel, Advocate, Me. Gagandeep Singh, Advocate for the respondent in LPA2019-2025, 2044-2025 and 2650-2025. Mr. Pankaj Middha, Addl. A.G., Haryana for respondents in LPA-2676-2025 and

67 for respondent No.3 in LPA-76-2026.

Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

Mr. Ravinder S. Randhawa, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Mamta, Advocate for respondents No.1 to 5 in LPA-3424-2025.

Mr. Jasbir Mor, Advocate for respondents in LPA-2376-2025. Mr. Ashish Rana, Advocate for the respondents in LPA-20002025. Mr. L.K. Gollen, Advocate for respondent No.5 in LPA-23252025. Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Deepak Goyat, Advocate Mr. Siddheshwar Hans, Advocate for the respondents No. 6, 9, 12, 18, 67, 84, 93, 95, 123, 136, 139, 140, 141 160, 175, 186, 218, 224, 225, 243, 244, 254, 313, 314 and 326.

Mr. R.S. Panghal, Advocate for respondent in LPA No.2893 of 2025.

Mr. Nischal Chetanya Manchanda, Advocate for the respondents in LPA No.2261, 2277, 2325, 2034, 2515 of 2025. Mr. Puneet Gupta, Advocate for respondents - UHBVNL in LPA-1256-2025, 1293-2025 and 1346-2025.

Mr. Ashok Tyagi, Advocate for the appellant(s) in LPA No.843, 1415, 1416, 1419 of 2025.

Mr. R.K. Malik, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Varun Veer Chauhan, Advocate for the respondent No.1 in LPA-396-2026 and respondents No.1 to 5 in LPA-2886-2026. Mr. Monit Pal Singh, Advocate for the respondent in LPA No.2133-2025.

Mr. Vivek Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.1 in LPA-3059-2025.

Mr. Saurabh Garg, Advocate and Mr. Piyush Aggarwal, Advocate for the respondent in LPA2547-025. Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Advocate for the respondent in LPA-3034-2025.

6.7 Mr. Ravinder Malik, Advocate and Ms. Anuj Malik, Advocate for respondent No.1 in LPA-2693-2025.

Mr. Ashwani Verma, Advocate for respondent No.7 in LPA-693 of 2026.

Mr. G.S. Gopera, Advocate for respondent in LPA-2903-2025.

Mr. Birinder Pal, Advocate for the respondents in LPA-3424-2025.

Mr. V.D. Sharma, Advocate Mr. Jaspreet Singh, Advocate for the respondents No. 1 to 11, 14 to 16 and 18 to 39 in LPA-2811-2025.

Mr. Deepak Sonak, Advocate, for the respondents in LPA-2053-2025, 2305 of 2025 and LPA2198 of 2025. Mr. Devender Arya, Advocate Ms. Anjali, Advocate for the respondents in LPA Nos. 3596, 2551, 2612, 2042, 2541 and 2033 of 2025 and for respondents No. 1 to 8 in LPA 20332025. Mr. B.K. Bagri, Advocate for the respondents in LPA-2119-2025.

Mr. H.S. Dhillon, Advocate for the respondent in LPA-2754-2025 Mr. Ravi Verma, Advocate for the appellant in LPA-207-2026.

Mr. Vinay Saroha, Advocate for Mr. Sandeep Singal, Advocate for the respondents in LPA-2018-2025, LPA-2261-2025 and LPA-2212-2025.

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