Tag: Punjab-and-Haryana-High-Court

Akansh Sen murder: HC admits appeal of Harmehtab Rarewala.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday admitted the appeal of Harmehtab Singh Rarewala, who was awarded life sentence in the Akansh Sen murder case by a district court in November 2019. Sen, a nephew of former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife Pratibha, was run over by a BMW car several

Clear lawyers’ dues or face the music, Punjab and Haryana HC warns officials.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Punjab and Haryana high court has warned officials dealing with sanctioning of lawyers’ bills to clear the same by February 20 failing which they will be forced to attach their salaries. The direction was given by the bench of justice RN Raina, who was hearing a clutch of petitions, initially brought

Appu Ghar fund siphoning case: Arrest warrant against one promoter, three get interim bail from HC.

Source – hindustantimes.com A Gurugram court has issued arrest warrants against Rakesh Babbar, one of the promoters of Appu Ghar, the controversial Gurugram amusement park, in a cheating case pertaining to siphoning of investors’ money. He is the son of former Delhi BJP MLA OP Babbar. Gurugram chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Narender Singh on December

Punjab, Haryana want Chandigarh as joint capital but with no contribution: High Court.

Source – indianexpress.com THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court Monday observed that it has been found that though both Punjab and Haryana want Chandigarh as joint capital and are enjoying its benefits, they don’t want to contribute towards its development and conservation. The observation was made by the division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and

Cong alleges Rs 5,000 crore ‘mining scam’ in Haryana, seeks probe.

Source – indianexpress.com The Haryana Congress Saturday accused the previous BJP government in state of turning a blind eye to illegal mining, leading to a “scam” of Rs 5,000 crore, and demanded a probe by a sitting Punjab and Haryana High Court judge. The BJP said these were “politically motivated allegations”. Citing a Comptroller and Auditor General

Punjab: HC pulls up Centre for denying regular jobs to 13 employees.

Source – indianexpress.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has pulled up the Centre for denying the benefit of regularisation to some 13 employees of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS Chandigarh) from their initial date of appointment and for making an overwriting in the communication regarding the regularisation. The high court has observed that central

The Punjab and Haryana high court stays cutting and uprooting of trees for Tribune Flyover project.

Source – hindustantimes.com Chandigarh The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday stayed the uprooting and cutting of trees for the Tribune flyover project. The HC bench of chief justice RS Jha and justice Rajiv Sharma also directed the Chandigarh administration and governments of Punjab and Haryana to constitute a committee under the chairmanship of