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Punjab puts excess fee recovery from private schools on hold

Chandigarh, Sept. 27 -- Two months after initiating a slew of measures to rein in schools charging exorbitant fee from students, the Punjab government assured the high court on September 22 that it wo... Read More


No monkey business: HC refuses to quash complaint against studio owner for displaying protected species

Chandigarh, Sept. 27 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has declined to quash a complaint against a city-based studio for the illegal act of allegedlykeeping and displaying a protected monkey s... Read More


HC withholds salaries of 4 for pension disbursal delay

Chandigarh, Sept. 20 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has ordered the withholding of salaries of the district education officer (DEO), elementary, and district treasury officer (DTO) of Gurda... Read More


'Clarify efforts towards setting up waste plant'

Chandigarh, Sept. 20 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has asked the Mohali administration to take steps to establish a solid waste management plant and ensure door-to-door garbage collection ... Read More


HC upholds annulment of property transfer to man for failing to take care of parents

Chandigarh, Sept. 19 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the decision of a maintenance tribunal in Jalandhar that ordered the annulment of a property transfer to a son failing to maintain ... Read More


Nothing more cruel than depriving infant of mom's care: HC

Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC), while giving custody of a child to the mother, has asserted that small children have a special bond with the mother that not even father... Read More


Vacant educational seats deserve to be filled, waste of national resources if not done: HC

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has asserted that educational institutions should try and fill all vacant seats, especially in professional courses. The bench of justice... Read More


Justice Mishra sworn in as Punjab and Haryana HC chief justice; Mann skips ceremony

India, Sept. 7 -- Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra was sworn in as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday morning, an event conspicuously skipped by Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Ma... Read More


'Nearly half of inmates in Punjab jails drug addicts'

Chandigarh, Sept. 2 -- A report submitted by the Punjab government's prisons department to the high court has revealed that an alarming 45% of inmates in the state's jails are drug addicts. The affida... Read More


Take steps to prevent deaths by electrocution or face action: HC

Chandigarh, Aug. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has categorically told authorities in Nayagaon and Chandigarh to take steps to ensure there is no loss of human life due to dangerously in... Read More