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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


HC quashes JJB order in juvenile murder bail case

Chandigarh, Oct. 1 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed a Juvenile Justice Board order (JJB) denying bail to a murder accused child in conflict with law without procuring a social investig... Read More


HC: Drunk driving grave menace, not mere lapse

Chandigarh, Sept. 26 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed a bail plea of a 70-year-old driver, accused of causing the death of a MBBS student in Patiala in 2023 observing that drunk driv... Read More


Govt can't be told to create posts for regularisation: HC

Chandigarh, Sept. 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed petitions from 70 odd part-time workers from Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), seeking regularisation of their ser... Read More


Chemist alleges frame-up: HC seeks report from DGP

Chandigarh, Sept. 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought a detailed affidavit from the Chandigarh director general of police (DGP) on a plea from a city chemist alleging frame-up by cops i... Read More


HC slams ex-judge for 'unsubstantiated remarks' in ACR

Chandigarh, Sept. 17 -- A Punjab and Haryana high court division bench has slammed its own former judge, justice (retd) Alok Singh, for making "unsubstantiated remarks" in the annual confidential repo... Read More


'Delays in RTE implementation wilful', HC seeks action timeline

Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has said that Punjab's disobedience of the implementation of Right to Education (RTE) provisions in the state's private schools appears to be ... Read More


Punjab engineers can't contest BBMB secy pick: Board to HC

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has told the Punjab and Haryana high court that three engineers from Punjab are like 'private persons' and have no locus standi to chall... Read More