Madhu Deshta vs . State Of H.P. & Ors.
2026 Latest Caselaw 984 HP

Citation : 2026 Latest Caselaw 984 HP
Judgement Date : 23 February, 2026

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Himachal Pradesh High Court

Madhu Deshta vs . State Of H.P. & Ors. on 23 February, 2026

Author: Vivek Singh Thakur

Bench: Vivek Singh Thakur

Madhu Deshta vs. State of H.P. & Ors.

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CWP No.8504 of 2025

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23.02.2026 Present : Mr. Ashwani Chawla, Ms. Shikha Rajta, Ms. Tara Devi, Mr. Vishwa Bhushan, Mr. Yogesh Kumar Chandel, Mr. Mandeep Chandel, Mr. K.B. Khajuria, Mr. Parkash Sharma, Mr. Onkar Jairath, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Mr. Shubham Sood, Mr. Mohit Thakur, Mr. Sanjay Bhardwaj, Mr. Sunny Dhatwalia, Mr. Atharv Sharma, Mr. Roshan Lal Khajuria, Mr. Hitesh Khajuria, Mr. Ashwani Chawla, Mr. Ramesh Kumar Kaundal, Mr. Ashish Verma, Mr. Sumit Sharma, Mr. Bhupinder Kumar, Mr. Ashok Kumar, Mr. Shourya Sharma, Ms.

Minakshi Sharma, Mr. Aditya Kaushal, Mr. Rajiv Rai, Mr. Bhim Raj Sharma, Mr. Chitranjan Kumar Sharma, Mr. Tarun Kumar Sharma, Dr. Lalit K. Sharma and Mr.

Parkash Sharma, Mr. Adarsh Kumar Sharma, Mr. Tek

Chand Sharma, Mr. C.N. Singh, Mr. Anshul Gandhi, Mr. Ajay Thakur, Mr. Devender K. Sharma, Mr. Adarsh K. Vashisht, Mr. Vinod Chauhan, Mr. Ajeet Singh Saklani,

Mr. Ajay Chauhan, Mr. Praveen Thakur, Mr. Kuldeep Chand, Mr. Amrick Singh, Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Mr. Surinder Kumar Saklani, Mr. Sameer Miyan, Mr. Mohar

of Singh, Mr. Vijay Chaudhary. Mr. B. Nandan Vasishta, Mr. S.S. Sood, Ms. Kamlesh Shandil, Advocates, for the petitioners in respective petitions. Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Ramakant rt Sharma, Additional Advocate General, for the respondents-State in respective petitions.

Mr. Kunal Mehta, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and

Mr. Abhishek Nagta, Advocate, for respondents No.2

and 3 in CWP Nos.11085 & 11086 of 2025. Mr. Abhishek Dulta, Advocate, for respondent No.3 in

Mr. Hamender Singh Chandel, Advocate for respondent-HPPCL.

Mr. Vikrant Thakur, Advocate, for respondent No. 5/HPPSC in CWP Nos.4123/ 2023 and 7376/2023.

Mr. Dheeraj K. Vashisht, Mr. Raman Jamalta, Mr. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Mr. Deepak Sharma and Ms. Shubh Mahajan, Advocates, for respondent-HRTC in respective petitions.

Mr. Ravinder Thakur, Advocate, for the respondent- HPSEBL, in respective petitions. Mr. Uday Singh Banyal, Advocate for the respondent- Vidhan Sabha.

Mr. Devender K. Sharma, Advocate, for the respondent-University.

Mr. Shivank Singh Panta and Ms. Maheshwari Sharma, Advocates, for HPTDC, in respective petitions.

Mr. Devender Sharma, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 3 in CWP No. 8501/2023.

Mr. Tara Chand Chauhan, Mr. Tek Ram Sharma and Mr. Rangil Singh, Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Mr. Rajesh Kosh and Ms. Komal Chaudhary, Advocates, for the

Accountant General, in the respective petitions.

List for hearing on 02.03.2026.





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                                                   (Vivek Singh Thakur)
                                                          Judge

                 rt                                    (Ranjan Sharma)
                                                            Judge

    23rd February, 2026
        (Pardeep)