Advocate Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh

Manuja Advocates is a litigation practice before the Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, appearing for individuals, government and public-sector employees, businesses and NRIs across the States of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The practice is confined to High Court and Supreme Court work, which means every matter is prepared, drafted and argued by the advocate who will be on his feet in court.

Writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is the core of the practice. The firm files and argues petitions for certiorari against orders of tribunals and quasi-judicial authorities, mandamus to compel a public authority to perform a statutory duty or decide a pending representation, habeas corpus in illegal detention and custody matters, quo warranto against unlawful appointments to public office, and prohibition to restrain a subordinate forum acting beyond jurisdiction. Regulatory, education, taxation, land-acquisition, police-inaction and constitutional challenges are handled in the same stream, along with supervisory petitions under Article 227.

Service matters form a substantial part of the work: challenges to departmental enquiries and penalties, denial or delay of promotion, seniority and pay-fixation disputes, sealed-cover proceedings, compulsory retirement, termination, regularisation of contractual service, and pension, gratuity and family-pension claims. Central Government employees are represented before the Central Administrative Tribunal first, with the High Court approached thereafter in its supervisory jurisdiction; State employees in Punjab and Haryana come to the High Court directly once departmental remedies are exhausted.

On the civil side, the firm appears in regular first and second appeals, execution and injunction matters, property, partition, succession and specific-performance disputes, arbitration petitions and appeals, and revisions from orders of the District Courts. On the criminal side it handles regular bail and anticipatory bail under Sections 483 and 482 of the BNSS, petitions for quashing of FIRs and criminal proceedings, criminal appeals and revisions against conviction and sentence, suspension of sentence, and transfer petitions.

Clients choose Manuja Advocates for a settled presence at Chandigarh, candid case assessment before a matter is filed, and drafting that identifies the precise legal right and its breach rather than relying on general grievance. Urgent listings — stay of recovery, stay of demolition, suspension of sentence, detention and admission-related matters — are taken up on an expedited basis, and adverse outcomes are carried further by way of Special Leave Petition to the Supreme Court of India where the case justifies it.

The chamber is at Punjab & Haryana High Court, Capitol Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh 160001. Clients who are not based in Chandigarh — including those in other districts of Punjab and Haryana, in Delhi/NCR, and NRIs abroad — are not required to travel for the matter. The first consultation is held by telephone or WhatsApp video at a scheduled time, documents are reviewed over email or WhatsApp in advance, and vakalatnama, affidavits and a Power of Attorney can be executed and couriered or, for clients overseas, attested at the Indian mission and adjudicated for stamp duty in India. Hearing dates, orders and next steps are reported after each listing, and personal appearance is requested only where the court requires it.

To discuss a High Court matter, call +91 9711964964, message on WhatsApp, or write to manujalawyers@gmail.com with a short summary and the impugned order.