India, May 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday issued a series of significant rulings involving prominent Rajya Sabha members, granting legal protection to both Sandeep Pathak and Rajinder Gupta amid escalating legal and political friction.

In a plea filed by Rajya Sabha member Sandeep Pathak, the court directed that no coercive steps be taken against him without its permission until Monday. Pathak had moved the court demanding details about purported FIRs registered against him in Punjab, while the state's counsel maintained they had no information regarding such FIRs.

Simultaneously, the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry provided substantial relief to the Trident Group, founded by Gupta, by direct...