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Pawan Sharma, based in Chandigarh, is Assistant Editor in HT and presently writes on Haryana's politics and governance. During different stints over the past two decades, he covered Punjab extensively for 10 years and before that judiciary and Himachal Pradesh with focus on high-impact news breaking and investigative journalism.
Articles by Pawan Sharma
Law ministry note hints at Punjab Congress role
In a highly unusual move, the union ministry of external affairs, in which Patiala Congress MP Preneet Kaur is minister of state, urged the union law and justice ministry to field former Punjab advocate general (AG) Harbhagwan Singh as a counsel in the Sehajdhari voting rights case being heard in the Punjab and Haryana high court.
Updated on Sep 08, 2011 09:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma and Sanjeev Verma, Chandigarh
BJP MLAs quizzed in graft case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday quizzed two BJP ministers in the Parkash Singh Badal government whose names have figured in a Rs 1.5-crore graft case.
Updated on May 10, 2011 01:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab in a debt trap
Behind Punjab’s debt-trap, the Congress as well as Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)--Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine have contributed somewhat equally in the past 15 years.
Updated on Oct 17, 2010 08:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab wants ‘Sikh radicals’ off blacklist
In a significant but secret move, the Punjab government has recommended deletion of the names of 46 people from the Centre’s ‘black list’, including top Khalistan protagonists and former militants, who have been found to uninvolved in any criminal case. Secret request
Updated on Jul 18, 2010 01:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, New Delhi
‘Punjab, Haryana misused Red Cross funds’
A judicial enquiry has confirmed that over 10 years, the governments of Punjab and Haryana squandered Indian Red Cross funds meant for relief operations in case of war.
Updated on Apr 29, 2010 01:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Badal orders probe into agri scandal
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered a high-level probe by the state’s chief secretary into a multi-crore-rupee scam in what was billed as the state’s most ambitious agricultural diversification project, launched by the Congress government led by Captain Amarinder Singh in February 2006.
Updated on Mar 29, 2010 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
River dispute rolls on
If you think the Justice Liberhan Commission took a long time (17 years) to probe the demolition of the Babri Masjid, then consider this: The Justice Eradi Commission, adjudicating on disputes between Haryana and Punjab over river waters, is yet to submit its final report — after 24 years, a record.
Updated on Jan 31, 2010 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Quiet burial for judge scam
It was no coincidence that three independent inquiries conducted by the police, the CBI and an in-house judges’ panel into the cash-at-judge’s doorstep case had a common conclusion: Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court had received an unaccounted cash packet of Rs 15 lakh in mid-August of 2008.
Updated on Jan 18, 2010 12:47 AM IST
None | Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab judge got Rs 15 lakh: Governor
Two weeks after the ‘cash-at-judge’s door’ scandal rocked the Punjab and Haryana High Court in mid-2008, Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gen SF Rodrigues (retd) had concluded that Justice Nirmal Yadav, sitting High Court judge, had been paid Rs 15 lakh, records at Raj Bhawan reveal. Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan Sharma report...
Updated on Jan 17, 2010 01:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Court holds out ray of hope for overseas citizens
The Punjab and Haryana High Court permitted an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), Sorab Singh Gill, son of Punjab Director General of Police, to participate in selection trials for the national shooting team.
Updated on Dec 05, 2009 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Who’ll audit the audit, asks Punjab Governor
The confidential report, a copy of which has been made available to the Hindustan Times, questions very motives and method of the MHA audit. Pawan Sharma reports.
Updated on Nov 18, 2009 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
BJP meet ends, worries remain
The BJP on Friday wrapped up its chintan baithak (introspection meet), giving little indication that 24 key leaders discussed threadbare all the ills plaguing the party and causing its debacle in the Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Aug 22, 2009 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Archana Phull & Shekhar Iyer, Shimla/new Delhi
Jaswant, Advani in slanging match
They’d never gone public with their differences earlier. But on Friday, former leader Jaswant Singh, 71, spoke out openly and bitterly against BJP parliamentary party leader L K Advani in a television interview. Shekhar Iyer and Pawan Sharma report.
Updated on Aug 22, 2009 02:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Shekhar Iyer/ Pawan Sharma, New Delhi/ Shimla
Court stay on Haryana move to get Anjolie Menon’s home
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday granted an interim stay against the Haryana government’s move to acquire renowned artist and painter Anjolie Ela Menon’s prime property of “historical and artistic” significance in Gurgaon.
Updated on Aug 07, 2009 12:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
HC recommends, Punjab sacks judge
The Punjab government, on the recommendations of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, has sacked a civil judge of the 1995 batch of Punjab Civil Services posted in Bathinda.
Updated on Jul 27, 2009 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
HT Excl: SC panel wanted Punjab judge sacked
The Union government is not allowing the prosecution of a High Court judge suspected of receiving bribes — including whiskey bottles and a mobile phone — and fixing illegal land deals. But it now emerges that an in-house inquiry committee constituted by the Chief Justice of India has recommended the removal of Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan Sharma report.
Updated on Jun 08, 2009 09:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ramesh Vinayak and Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Not first time for judge in dock
Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, whose name figures in the top-secret vigilance reports of Punjab government about alleged malpractices in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, had come in for a lot of flak from his then boss, Chief Justice Arun B. Saharya, in a different case.
Updated on Jun 05, 2009 01:33 AM IST
None | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab phone taps: A story of tapes, touts and judges
In an unusual report by a state government on its judiciary, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau says it has found leads to a slew of malpractices in the Punjab and Haryana HC that could, if investigated, incriminate two of its senior judges. The claims, made in the 60-page report, a copy of which is in possession of the HT, have far-reaching consequences not just for Punjab but also for India’s judiciary, report Pawan Sharma and Ramesh Vinayak. Key findingsThe tape trail | Tell-tale tapes | The big cases
Updated on Jun 04, 2009 02:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma and Ramesh Vinayak, Chandigarh
Unshorn hair is basic Sikh tenet: HC
Retaining unshorn hair is one of the most important and fundamental tenets of Sikhism, Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled on Saturday.
Updated on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Profit waltzes in high-end shoes
His factories are humming with activity; his sales force is buzzing with ideas; he is logging thousands of international air miles every month. His accountants are busy counting the cash.
Updated on Apr 17, 2009 09:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Gurgaon babus in dock for female foeticide
The Administrative inquiry into the recovery of several female foetuses from a septic tank of Beaulla Nursing Home in Gurgaon in June 2007 has indicated “possible collusion” of medical authorities with the “perpetrator of the crime”. Pawan Sharma reports.
Updated on Mar 31, 2009 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Bar boycotts judge
Lawyers of the Punjab and Haryana High Court began an indefinite boycott of the court of Justice Uma Nath Singh after the judge allegedly issued contempt notice to two lawyers, including the Bar president, reports Pawan Sharma.
Updated on Feb 19, 2009 11:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Haryana told to put new garbage dump on fast track
The ongoing battle against dumping of garbage in Gurgaon received a further fillip on Friday.
Updated on Nov 01, 2008 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
War over garbage dumps reaches court
Gurgaon’s anti-dumping brigade shifted base of its ongoing battle with the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) over dumping of garbage to the courtroom of Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice TS Thakur, reports Pawan Sharma.
Updated on Oct 04, 2008 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
‘Custodial questioning of Amarinder okay, if needed’
The Punjab and Haryana HC rules that the investigating officer inquiring into the alleged involvement of former Amarinder Singh can “conduct custodial interrogation”, if necessary. Pawan Sharma reports.
Updated on Sep 16, 2008 01:48 AM IST
None | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
HC takes up rape-suicide case
Taking suo motu cognizance of a rape victim committing suicide in Panchkula, the Punjab and Haryana HC directed the Haryana Govt to file a status report within two weeks, report Pawan Sharma and Satvir S Sarwari.
Updated on Jun 12, 2008 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma and Satvir S Sarwari, Chandigarh/rohtak
‘Friendship with Amarinder platonic’
Pakistani journalist Aroosa Aslam says the ex-Punjab CM is a 'very close friend', reports Pawan Sharma.
Updated on Dec 27, 2007 01:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Bachchan incited killing of Sikhs in ’84 riots, says film
The AISSF claims to have produced a documentary “November 1984– a state sponsored Sikh massacre” charging the Bollywood star with inciting people to kill Sikhs after Indira Gandhi's assassination, reports Pawan Sharma.
Updated on Nov 25, 2007 03:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Chahal moves HC for regular bail petition
According to Chahal's counsel, the petition for regular bail is likely to come up for hearing on Monday when the High Court will open after a month-long summer vacation, reports Pawan Sharma.
Updated on Jun 30, 2007 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
Mainatain peace and harmony to attract investment: Bhattal
Bhattal says industry was fleeing from the state due to the atmosphere of uncertainty created by the Parkash Singh Badal government, reports Pawan Sharma.
Updated on Jun 25, 2007 10:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh