Shimla, Sept. 18 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court has imposed "conditional cost" of Rs.25,000 on the state government while taking strong note of delay in filing reply to the petition regarding inordinate delay in constructing the north campus of Central University Himachal Pradesh (CUHP) in Dharamsala.

"The state government has not filed a reply in spite of the fact that the matter was first taken up on April 11, 2025, and have taken many opportunities thereafter. Resultantly, conditional cost of Rs.25,000 is imposed upon the state to be paid to the "Chief Justice Disaster Relief Fund 2025", ruled the division bench court of chief justice GS Sandhawalia and justice Ranjan Sharma on September 16 during hearing of a public interest liti...