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Surender Sharma

Surender Sharma is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Punjab and Haryana high court.

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HC fines Mohali resident Rs 1 lakh for frivolous plea

The Punjab and Haryana high court has fined an SAS Nagar resident Rs 1 lakh for filing a frivolous petition in 2011 against Punjab director general of police (prison reforms), Sanjiv Gupta. The petition alleged Gupta had acquired assets disproportionate to known sources of income and demanded a CBI inquiry. Gupta, then was additional DGP (crime).

“The petition is misuse of process of court to settle personal scores,” the bench held.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 08, 2016 01:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Muktsar custodial death: HC asks DGP to form SIT, awards Rs 7 lakh compensation

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Punjab director general of police (DGP) to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the circumstances leading to the mysterious death of a jail inmate in Sri Muksar Sahib in 2013.

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Updated on Jul 06, 2016 11:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Bhola drug racket: HC asks SIT to complete probe review by July 31

The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the special investigation team (SIT) constituted to review investigations into the Jagdish Bhola drug racket to complete its work by July 31.

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Updated on Jun 18, 2016 01:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC collegium clears ten names for elevation as judges

The Punjab and Haryana high court collegium has cleared 10 names for elevation as HC judges. These include five lawyers from Haryana, two from Punjab and three district and sessions judges from Punjab.

The 10 names include five lawyers from Haryana, two from Punjab and three district and sessions judges from Punjab.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 18, 2016 11:39 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

‘Sikh-Christian wedding by Hindu rites no basis for denying alimony’

The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a Sikh-Christian marriage performed by the Hindu rites with the consent of both parties cannot be invalid for claiming maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC.

Section 125 of the CrPC enables a woman to seek maintenance from her husband; but she has to prove that she is unable to maintain herself.(HT Representative Image)

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Updated on Jun 16, 2016 10:50 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Compromise with road mishap victim’s kin not enough to quash FIR, rules HC

A first information report (FIR) registered against a driver for causing death by negligence in a road accident cannot be quashed solely on the basis of a compromise reached with the victim’s family, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled.

The matter was heard at length during 20-odd hearings since November 2014.(HT Representative Image)

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Updated on Jun 10, 2016 12:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Divorced women can’t file plaint under domestic violence Act: HC

The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a complaint invoking provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, filed by a divorced woman is not maintainable.

The high court bench of justice Anita Chaudhary ruled that the provisions under the Act could only be invoked during a domestic relationship.(Photo: Thinkstock)

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Updated on Jun 09, 2016 03:16 PM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab to appoint 1,400 PTIs against 849 advertised posts: HC

The Punjab and Haryana high court has settled the controversy over the appointment of physical training instructors (PTIs) in schools by the Punjab government. Against the 849 posts advertised in 2006, the state government has now been told to appoint around 1,400 PTIs.

The government had in 2008 appointed 849 teachers with essential qualification being a certificate course in physical education (CPEd). The selection criterion, however, was challenged in 2008 by those having higher qualification(Representative image)

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Updated on Jun 07, 2016 09:59 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Banks restrained from taking possession of JW Marriott in Chandigarh

The Punjab and Haryana high court has restrained a consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India from taking physical possession of hotel JW Marriott, Sector 35, in a loan-default case of about Rs 200 crore.

The hotel is leased to Marriott International, a global chain, and is run by Marriott Hotels India Private Limited.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 05, 2016 01:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

251 HIV-positive in Faridkot jail, HC seeks Punjab reply

The Punjab and Haryana high court has taken suo-motu cognizance of a report from one of its judges that 251 inmates of the Faridkot district jail had tested positive for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in a random screening in March 2016.

The Punjab government has been asked to submit a response by August 4.(Photo: Shutterstock)

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Updated on Jun 03, 2016 10:03 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab upset with traffic adviser Navdeep Asija, to replace him

The Punjab government on Friday told the Punjab and Haryana high court its intent to drop state traffic adviser Navdeep Asija, whose series of reports have put the SAD-BJP government in the dock.

Navdeep Asija, who has been assisting the high court on traffic-related issues for over four years now, was appointed traffic adviser by the state government in September 2015.(Photo: Facebook)

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Updated on May 27, 2016 10:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab TET: HC awards one mark for wrong question; new merit list by June 1

The Punjab and Haryana high court has awarded one mark to all candidates for a wrong question and asked the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) to accordingly revise the merit list of the Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test (PSTET)-2, conducted for the masters’ cadre in December 2015.

The high court has also stated that those who qualify as per the merit list of June 1, will be eligible to apply for the posts of masters till June 15.(HT Representative Image)

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Updated on May 25, 2016 09:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Backlog burden: HC plans special hearings during summer vacation

With mounting pendency and no indications of appointment of more judges anytime soon, the Punjab and Haryana high court has decided to hold special hearings during the summer vacation next month to clear the backlog.

It is learnt acting chief justice SJ Vazifdar had discussed the matter with the judges soon after he attended a conference of chief ministers and high court chief justices in April in Delhi, wherein chief justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur had expressed his concern over the shortage of judges.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 19, 2016 12:13 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC orders CBI probe into FIR lodged at Tota Singh’s behest

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into a 2014 first information report (FIR) registered by the Moga police, allegedly at the behest of Punjab agriculture minister Tota Singh and his son Makhan Singh.

The high court had issued a notice to Tota Singh and his son in May 2015.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on May 18, 2016 10:31 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Death of UP Muslim youth: Haryana govt challenges CBI probe order in SC

The Haryana government has challenged the Punjab and Haryana high court order before the Supreme Court whereby the mysterious death case of a Sarahanpur Muslim youth was transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the government was asked to immediately transfer district magistrate, superintendent of police (SP) and deputy superintendent of police (DSP) out of Kurukshetra district.

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Updated on May 17, 2016 11:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

2003 Amritsar sex scandal: HC dismisses plea for retrial

The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed a plea seeking retrial of 2003 Amritsar sex scandal involving some local politicians and cable network operators.

“They were the pillars of the case and once the pillars collapsed, the case built on the said pillars also collapsed,” the high court bench said in its judgment.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 15, 2016 01:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Bhola drug racket: HC seeks probe status against NRIs ‘linked’ to Punjab min

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the high court-constituted special investigation team (SIT) into the Bhola drug racket scam to submit a report on its investigation so far against two absconding NRIs, Satpreet Singh alias Satta and Parminder Singh Pindi, both allegedly known to Punjab revenue minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia.

Two absconding NRIs, Satpreet Singh alias Satta and Parminder Singh Pindi, both allegedly known to Punjab revenue minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia.(Representative image)

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Updated on May 14, 2016 04:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Mysterious death of Muslim youth: HC orders transfer of SP, DSP

The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered immediate transfer of district magistrate (DM), superintendent of police (SP) and deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Kurukshetra, in connection with the mysterious death of a Sarahanpur Muslim youth, allegedly killed by Gau Raksha Dal, a right-wing vigilante group.

The HC bench directed the director general of police, to ensure that the CBI was provided with requisite infrastructure support and stated that CBI was at liberty to register a fresh FIR in which it could look into the roles of local police including the SP.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 11, 2016 12:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Jat stir: ‘SP, DC sent families to safer places, ignored judicial officers’

In a fresh embarrassment to the Haryana government in the February Jat quota violence, Sonepat district and sessions judge DS Sheoran, in his report submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court, has said that during the violence period, the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police had shifted their families to “safer places”, whereas judicial officers were left at the “mercy of god” without providing any security.

Officers even resorted to removing their nameplates and spent sleepless nights in the transit flats during the Jat stir.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on May 05, 2016 12:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Still awaited: Verdict on legality of CPS appointments in Punjab

The Calcutta high court in June 2015 had invalidated appointments of chief parliamentary secretaries (CPSES) made by the Mamata Banerjee government.

In Punjab, the poll-bound Parkash Singh Badal government has now increased the strength of CPSES from 19 to 24. However, the legality or otherwise of such appointments is awaiting verdict even 10 months after the judgment was reserved by a bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court following 38 hearings by a dozen benches since April 2012.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on May 04, 2016 06:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Imams can’t serve throughout life: HC

The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that imams, appointed in mosques to impart religious education, in Punjab cannot serve indefinitely and can be allowed to work till the age of retirement.

The high court bench dismissed all petitions while observing that regulations provided that all employees of the board had to retire at 60, but could serve till 65 by way of extension.(HT Representative Photo)

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Updated on Apr 27, 2016 03:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

With fewer judges, nearly 13 lakh cases pending in Punjab, Haryana

With the deadlock between the Centre and the Supreme Court over the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) on for over a year now, the Punjab and Haryana high court is one of the worst affected in terms of vacancies of judges.

The high court has 46 judges against the sanctioned 85, while three judges are scheduled to retire later this year and another seven in 2017. The number of vacancies in the high court is one of the five highest in the country.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 27, 2016 06:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma

HC cancels MBBS admission of Patiala student under disabled category

Months after a Patiala student was admitted to a government medical college for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered cancellation of the admission.

The petitioner had appeared in the Pre-Medical Entrance Test-2015 organised by Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. He appeared in the orthopaedically handicapped category and secured ninth rank.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 18, 2016 08:52 PM IST

hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh:

Punjab drug menace: Salary to be withheld if cops stay absent from trial court

Officers found skipping hearings, delaying conclusion of trial in multi-crore-rupee synthetic drug racket

Cops are ignoring even bailable warrants to turn up to depose against the associates of synthetic-drug racket kingpin Jagdish Bhola (in photo).(HT file photo)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2016 11:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Reinstate Kapurthala teacher dismissed on rape allegations: HC

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed re-instatement of a Kapurthala teacher dismissed by the Punjab government following an FIR against him of allegedly raping a girl student.

His services could have been terminated with an innocuous order but the order dispensing his services is stigmatic in nature, on account of the lodging of the FIR and on the ground that he committed an offence of moral turpitude, the high court bench observed.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2016 06:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC makes bail tougher for hardened criminals

Those convicted of an offence cannot count their under-trial detention period in a separate case for seeking bail. There can be no concurrence (simultaneous occurrence of events) of under-trial detention in one case with post-conviction sentence in another for the purpose of bail, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled while hearing a bunch of bail matters.

The high court held that a convict could not serve the sentence in one case and simultaneously show that he was in custody under trial.(Livemint Photo)

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Updated on Apr 05, 2016 10:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

2,110 FIRs, 567 arrested for Jat quota violence, Haryana tells high court

The Haryana government has told the Punjab and Haryana high court that 2,110 FIRs (first information reports) were registered and 567 persons were arrested so far in connection with the Jat quota agitation in February, which left 30 people dead and property worth thousands of crores destroyed.

Large-scale violence and destruction of property was reported during the week-long Jat protest in Haryana in which around 30 people were killed.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 03, 2016 12:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC sets aside appointment of two Punjab medical officers

The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the appointment of two medical officers (dental) by the Punjab government in 2012.

During the hearing, it came to light that Dr Barinder Pal had neither passed the required medical college examination nor completed his internship before the August 2011 deadline for applying for the posts.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 02, 2016 01:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

CBI to look into 2009 Tarn Taran deaths

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to look into the 2009 case of deaths of three Tarn Taran youths in which Akali MP Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and his son Ravinder Singh Brahmpura are facing allegations of shielding the alleged accused.

Punjab and Haryana high court.(HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 10, 2016 11:01 AM IST

BySurender Sharma

Brahmpuras face questions as CBI set to probe 2009 deaths

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to look into the 2009 case of deaths of three Tarn Taran youths in which Akali MP Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and his son Ravinder Singh Brahmpura are facing allegations of shielding the alleged accused.

Ravinder Brahmpura is the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate for the Khadoor Sahib assembly bypoll slated for February 13.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 10, 2016 12:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

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Surender Sharma

Surender Sharma is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Punjab and Haryana high court.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Punjab director general of police (DGP) to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the circumstances leading to the mysterious death of a jail inmate in Sri Muksar Sahib in 2013.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the special investigation team (SIT) constituted to review investigations into the Jagdish Bhola drug racket to complete its work by July 31.

The Punjab and Haryana high court collegium has cleared 10 names for elevation as HC judges. These include five lawyers from Haryana, two from Punjab and three district and sessions judges from Punjab.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a Sikh-Christian marriage performed by the Hindu rites with the consent of both parties cannot be invalid for claiming maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC.

A first information report (FIR) registered against a driver for causing death by negligence in a road accident cannot be quashed solely on the basis of a compromise reached with the victim’s family, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a complaint invoking provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, filed by a divorced woman is not maintainable.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has settled the controversy over the appointment of physical training instructors (PTIs) in schools by the Punjab government. Against the 849 posts advertised in 2006, the state government has now been told to appoint around 1,400 PTIs.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has restrained a consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India from taking physical possession of hotel JW Marriott, Sector 35, in a loan-default case of about Rs 200 crore.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has taken suo-motu cognizance of a report from one of its judges that 251 inmates of the Faridkot district jail had tested positive for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in a random screening in March 2016.

The Punjab government on Friday told the Punjab and Haryana high court its intent to drop state traffic adviser Navdeep Asija, whose series of reports have put the SAD-BJP government in the dock.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has awarded one mark to all candidates for a wrong question and asked the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) to accordingly revise the merit list of the Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test (PSTET)-2, conducted for the masters’ cadre in December 2015.

With mounting pendency and no indications of appointment of more judges anytime soon, the Punjab and Haryana high court has decided to hold special hearings during the summer vacation next month to clear the backlog.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into a 2014 first information report (FIR) registered by the Moga police, allegedly at the behest of Punjab agriculture minister Tota Singh and his son Makhan Singh.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed a plea seeking retrial of 2003 Amritsar sex scandal involving some local politicians and cable network operators.

The Calcutta high court in June 2015 had invalidated appointments of chief parliamentary secretaries (CPSES) made by the Mamata Banerjee government.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that imams, appointed in mosques to impart religious education, in Punjab cannot serve indefinitely and can be allowed to work till the age of retirement.

With the deadlock between the Centre and the Supreme Court over the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) on for over a year now, the Punjab and Haryana high court is one of the worst affected in terms of vacancies of judges.

Months after a Patiala student was admitted to a government medical college for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered cancellation of the admission.

Officers found skipping hearings, delaying conclusion of trial in multi-crore-rupee synthetic drug racket

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed re-instatement of a Kapurthala teacher dismissed by the Punjab government following an FIR against him of allegedly raping a girl student.

The Haryana government has told the Punjab and Haryana high court that 2,110 FIRs (first information reports) were registered and 567 persons were arrested so far in connection with the Jat quota agitation in February, which left 30 people dead and property worth thousands of crores destroyed.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the appointment of two medical officers (dental) by the Punjab government in 2012.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to look into the 2009 case of deaths of three Tarn Taran youths in which Akali MP Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and his son Ravinder Singh Brahmpura are facing allegations of shielding the alleged accused.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to look into the 2009 case of deaths of three Tarn Taran youths in which Akali MP Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and his son Ravinder Singh Brahmpura are facing allegations of shielding the alleged accused.

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