In a significant ruling concerning recruitment under the Haryana Health Department, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that candidates who served under the National Health Mission (NHM) on posts such as Senior Treatment Supervisor (STS) and Para Medical Worker (PMW) cannot be denied experience marks merely because they did not work on the exact post of Multi-Purpose Health Worker (Male). Justice Sandeep Moudgil delivered the judgment while deciding a batch of petitions led by Sandeep v. State of Haryana and Others (CWP-27946-2019), along with connected matters. Background of the Dispute The controversy arose from recruitment initiated through Advertisement No. 1 of 2015 for the post of Multi-Purpose Health Worker (Male) in Haryana. Under a revised selection criterion, candidates were entitled to additional marks for experience gained under RCH/NRHM/NHM projects. The petitioners contended that despite possessing several years of experience under NHM and producing valid experie...
Punjab & Haryana High Court: Pre-2015 Arbitral Awards Remain Enforceable Despite Section 12(5) Objections
Chandigarh, May 29, 2026: In a landmark judgment affecting hundreds of arbitration-related execution proceedings, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that arbitral awards arising from proceedings commenced before the 2015 amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 cannot be declared unenforceable merely because the arbitrator would have been ineligible under Section 12(5) of the amended law. Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri delivered the judgment while deciding a batch of seven civil revision petitions filed by government agencies including Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited (PUNSUP), Punjab State Civil Warehousing Corporation, Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (MARKFED), and Haryana State Warehousing Corporation. Background of the Dispute The dispute arose from arbitration awards passed in favour of various government procurement and warehousing agencies against rice millers and other private entities. Most of the arbitratio...