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Under RTI Act, accused can't get case diary of FIR pending trial: HC

Chandigarh, March 12 -- : The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that an accused, by invoking the provisions of the Right to Information Act (RTI) Act, is not entitled to access a police case diar... Read More


Chhatrapati murder case: HC finds gaps in CBI probe, gives benefit of doubt to Ram Rahim

Chandigarh, March 10 -- Highlighting serious gaps in the investigation into the 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, where Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's involvement was... Read More


HC acquits Ram Rahim in '02 journalist murder case

Chandigarh, March 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati. The dera ch... Read More


After contempt notice: Haryana revokes notification on Morni demarcation authority

Chandigarh, March 1 -- The Haryana government has withdrawn its September 2025 notification, converting the Morni Hills demarcation authority into a three-member body, following a contempt notice issu... Read More


HC orders rRs.r34L compensation to Gurugram teacher laid off illegally

Chandigarh, March 1 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered a Gurugram-based school to pay Rs.34 lakh in compensation to a teacher who was illegally terminated in 2017. The bench of justice ... Read More


Chandigarh: Centre blinks, panel to look into PU teachers' retirement age

Chandigarh, Feb. 27 -- In a significant development, the Centre has constituted a three-member committee to look into the demand of Panjab University (PU) teachers on enhancing their retirement age fr... Read More


Punjab land pooling policy: HC stays clause denying preferential plots

Chandigarh, Feb. 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed a clause in Punjab government's 2021 land pooling policy that bars landowners from getting preferential or corner plots in exchange ... Read More


Punjab: HC awards rRs.r1.37cr to alumna left disabled by varsity wall collapse

Chandigarh, Feb. 15 -- Over 12 years after a wall collapse at a private university in Punjab left her permanently disabled, an alumna has been awarded Rs.1.37 crore as compensation by the Punjab and H... Read More


Haryana: Excessive, unwarranted punishment violation of right to equality: HC

Chandigarh, Feb. 14 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has modified punishment awarded to a retired bank employee observing that excessive, unwarranted punishment is violation of right to equality. ... Read More


Consensual relationship breakdown doesn't amount to rape, says HC

Chandigarh, Feb. 4 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed a rape case registered against an army officer from Punjab, observing that a consensual relationship by itself cannot give rise to c... Read More