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The Punjab and Haryana High Court

Haryana does not have a High Court of its own. It shares a single common High Court — the Punjab and Haryana High Court — with the state of Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, seated at Chandigarh, established in 1947. Haryana has periodically sought a separate High Court of its own — the state assembly has passed resolutions on the point in 2002, 2005, and 2017 — but as of now no such split has been approved by the central government, and Chandigarh remains the seat for all three.

Given the size of Haryana's docket at this shared court — the state accounts for roughly half of pending matters despite a smaller share of sitting judges — listing timelines here are worth accounting for at the outset of a matter.

Matters Commonly Arising
What Typically Comes Up
Commercial
Commercial Disputes
District Commercial Courts have been constituted across Haryana's districts under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, with the First Additional District Judge typically designated to hear them.
NCR
Real Estate & RERA
Disputes before Haryana-RERA and appeals from its orders, given the scale of development around Gurugram and Faridabad.
Arbitration
Arbitration Applications
Section 9 and Section 34 applications under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, reflecting Gurugram's concentration of corporate and commercial activity.
Writ
Writ Jurisdiction
Article 226 petitions on service, land acquisition, and regulatory matters, filed before the Chandigarh bench.
Land
Land Acquisition Disputes
A substantial share of the docket, driven by rapid urban expansion in the NCR-adjacent districts.
Criminal
Bail & Criminal Appeals
A high volume of bail applications and criminal appeals, given the combined caseload of Punjab and Haryana.
How Matters Are Handled
Correspondent Counsel, Not a Local Office

Mayach & Co. does not maintain an office in Haryana or Chandigarh. Matters arising here — whether before the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh or a district commercial court in Gurugram, Faridabad, or elsewhere in Haryana — are advised on from the New Delhi chambers and coordinated through correspondent counsel local to the relevant court, in the manner standard to Indian legal practice. See Matters Outside Delhi for how this works generally.