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HC slaps Rs.1-lakh fine on Jalandhar top cop

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh on commissioner of Jalandhar police for failing to provide requisite information in respect of a drugs case mat... Read More


HC stays suspension of SDO on Anil Vij's orders

Chandigarh, Oct. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court stayed suspension order and criminal proceedings ordered by Haryana energy minister Anil Vij against a sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Uttar Ha... Read More


Justice Surya Kant: A man of many firsts

Chandigarh, Oct. 28 -- The chief justice of India designate, justice Surya Kant, is a man of many firsts. Justice Kant, who rose from being the first lawyer in his family to become the youngest advoca... Read More


HC sets timeline for departmental proceedings

Chandigarh, Oct. 18 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has set a timeline for completion of departmental proceedings against an employee in Punjab and Haryana. "Protracted enquiries breed inefficien... Read More


What's so special? HC on plea for CBI probe into Haryana IPS officer's death

India, Oct. 17 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday deferred hearing on a plea seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the suicide of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar at... Read More


Court frames contempt charges against Punjab rural devp director

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday ordered framing of charges under the Contempt of Court Act against director, rural development and panchayat, Punjab, Uma Shankar ... Read More


Shoddy school infra in Punjab riles HC; says officials oblivious to ground reality

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has come down heavily on the Punjab education department, chiding its senior officials for being "oblivious" to the condition of schools. "Even... Read More


HC judge recuses on verdict day after e-mail points to past link

Chandigarh, Oct. 10 -- A Punjab and Haryana high court judge on Thursday recused from hearing a clutch of petitions from Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officers on the final judgment day after an e-mail... Read More


Give details of Rs.800 cr given by Centre, HC tells Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct. 4 -- The high court has said that the Punjab government is trying to 'evade its responsibility' of paying private institutions in the state under the Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) sch... Read More


Backward class status not migratory right, rules HC

Chandigarh, Oct. 3 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has dismissed a plea from an Amritsar resident who had petitioned against decision of not allowing him to avail benefits under the backward... Read More