Surender Sharma is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Punjab and Haryana high court.
Articles by Surender Sharma
Foreign nationals covered under Senior Citizens Act: HC
In a significant judgment, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that foreign citizens living in India are also covered under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, a legislation enacted to protect the rights of senior citizens in the country.
Updated on Feb 03, 2016 11:15 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Quota to terror-affected families: HC refuses to interfere
The Punjab and Haryana high court has refused to issue directions to the Punjab government for providing quota in admission to the MBBS course in state-affiliated private colleges for the wards of terror and riot-affected families.
Updated on Jan 30, 2016 09:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC judge for survey to assess SC/ST employees’ number in central govt
A Punjab and Haryana high court judge has batted for a survey to ascertain the strength of scheduled castes (SC)/scheduled tribes (ST) employees in the central government.
Updated on Jan 17, 2016 01:52 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Retired SP wants security back, HC not to interfere
The Punjab and Haryana high court has refused to interfere in a Punjab Police decision in which the security cover given to former superintendent of police (SP) Ajmer Singh Romana was withdrawn post retirement.
Updated on Jan 16, 2016 10:10 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Pathankot terror attack: HC raps MHA over inaction on BSF report
Eleven days after the Pathankot terror attack, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday pulled up the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) for not acting on a Border Security Force (BSF) report highlighting the urgency of sealing the international border (IB) and improving surveillance infrastructure along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab.
Updated on Jan 13, 2016 10:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
High court directs GMADA to carry out inspection of Sector-70 flats
A Punjab and Haryana high court division bench has directed Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) to carry out inspection of Sector-70 flats following complaints of design defects.
Updated on Jan 11, 2016 12:33 PM IST
Compromise between public servant and accused not valid, rules HC
If a public servant has complained against a person for preventing him from discharging his duty, the said official cannot reach a compromise with the latter on his own, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled.
Updated on Dec 26, 2015 09:22 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Man accused of using CM’s name for providing job lands in trouble
A Fazilka resident has landed in trouble for using the names of Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and the director general of police (DGP) in an alleged cheating case. Even as the accused claimed before the Punjab and Haryana high court that the matter had been settled, the court dismissed his plea for quashing the first information report (FIR) and also denied anticipatory bail to him.
Updated on Dec 26, 2015 10:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma
Haryana land scam: Khattar orders FIR against Hooda, refers case to CBI
The Haryana government has ordered that a criminal case be registered against former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, ex-IAS officer DPS Nagal and two Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) officials over alleged irregularities in the allotment of HUDA industrial plots at Panchkula.
Updated on Dec 19, 2015 09:20 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC shocker for Mohali man, directed to return compensation of Rs 88 lakh
Two years after a resident of SAS Nagar got Rs 88 lakh as compensation from the Punjab government for a piece of land acquired for the new terminal of Chandigarh International Airport, the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has ruled that the land for which he got compensated did not belong to him. Hence, he has to refund the compensation amount.
Updated on Dec 14, 2015 11:43 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Surender Sharma, Sas Nagar
No reimbursement for medical bills of fathers-in-law, says HC
Woman government employees cannot claim reimbursement for medical expenses incurred on their fathers-in-law, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled.
Updated on Dec 09, 2015 08:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab’s war on drugs on paper as huge drug quantity awaits disposal
In what could belie the claims of the Punjab government of fighting a war on drugs, hundreds of kilograms of drugs is lying in state “malkhanas” due to shortage of incinerators and other bureaucratic hurdles.
Updated on Dec 06, 2015 12:33 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Why different material for VIP houses, shelter homes, HC asks UT
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday raised the issue of special treatment to VVIP houses and asked the Chandigarh administration to explain as to why same quality of construction material is not used for shelter homes as for the houses of bureaucrats, judges etc
Updated on Dec 05, 2015 10:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC quashes plot allotment in Rohtak
In an embarrassment to the then Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in Haryana, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday quashed the allotment of 222 industrial plots in Rohtak, the home turf of former chief minister. The plots were allotted in 2009, two days before the notification for the assembly elections in the state.
Updated on Nov 28, 2015 10:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Women should get preference over men in compassionate appointments: HC
A Punjab and Haryana high court bench has said
Updated on Nov 23, 2015 11:33 PM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Promote employees whose names cleared before Oct 30: HC to Punjab
The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed the recent Punjab government order whereby those on extension cleared for promotions before the new notification were asked to give their acceptance on foregoing promotion and consequential benefits.
Updated on Nov 21, 2015 10:25 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC breather to engg student who passed qualifying exam from unrecognised board
In what could prompt educational institutions to check antecedents of all students before being admitted in future, the Punjab and Haryana high court has allowed a student of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, who had passed his qualifying examination from an unrecognised board, to complete his degree.
Published on Nov 15, 2015 10:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Tug-of-war over ground handling at airport reaches HC again
Days before the new terminal at the international airport in SAS Nagar becomes functional, the tug-of-war over ground handling services between airlines and the airport operator has reached the Punjab and Haryana high court again.
Updated on Oct 18, 2015 11:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab MBBS NRI quota seats under fresh scrutiny
The admissions to Punjab’s MBBS courses under the NRI quota in private colleges have come under fresh scrutiny, and the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday made it clear that at least 10 of these would be subject to final verdict.
Updated on Oct 14, 2015 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Tupperware caught in legal tangle over business model
Tupperware India, a leading kitchenware direct selling firm, along with its top honchos in India have approached the Punjab and Haryana high court challenging a first information report (FIR) by the Chandigarh Police for alleged violations of the Chits and Money Circulation Schemes Act.
Updated on Oct 11, 2015 09:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Namdhari leader’s murder: No more lip service on probe, HC tells Punjab police chief
The Punjab Police’s failure to solve the 2011 murder of Namdhari leader Avtar Singh Tari despite the setting up of three SITs (special investigation teams) has drawn the ire of the Punjab and Haryana high court.
Updated on Oct 03, 2015 11:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Of law and law officers, story about to change
The scathing remarks from the Supreme Court recently on the opaque manner in which law officers in Punjab and Haryana are appointed has raised hopes of a clean-up after years.
Updated on Sep 25, 2015 01:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Hitender Rao and Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Dismissal of peon who left sans informing at judge's home upheld
A division bench of Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the dismissal of a class-4 employee of the high court, who left a judge's home without informing "anybody" and remained absent from the duty next day.
Updated on Sep 06, 2015 11:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Daughter-in-law of Pearls Group owner moves HC over property dispute
Kulwinder Kaur, daughter-in-law of Pearl Group owner Nirmal Singh Bhangoo, has dragged Bhangoo and five other members of the family to Punjab and Haryana high court over a property dispute.
Updated on Aug 25, 2015 10:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
From SGPC to khaps, HC wants all in war against drugs
The Punjab and Haryana high court wants an all-out war against the drug menace.
Updated on Aug 08, 2015 12:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
PTI recruitment scam: High court summons original records
The Punjab and Haryana high court has summoned original records of as many 50 teachers appointed by the Punjab government for the posts of Physical Trained Instructors (PTIs) in 2012.
Updated on Jul 26, 2015 10:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Refusing to celebrate Karva Chauth no ground for seeking divorce: HC
Refusal to celebrate Karva Chauth or marriage anniversary by one of the spouses cannot be a ground for seeking divorce, Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled while turning down an appeal filed by a Chandigarh resident.
Updated on Jul 19, 2015 09:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Can't reject parole appeal casually, HC tells Punjab, Haryana
The Punjab and Haryana high court has sounded a word of caution to the Punjab and Haryana governments on the parole rights of convicts.
Updated on Jul 19, 2015 08:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Having its own high court is a tough task for Haryana
In April, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar sent out three communications to Union law minister DV Sadananda Gowda. First, he sought a separate high court for the state.
Updated on Jul 11, 2015 09:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Hitender Rao and Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Court forms judges' panel on HC bench for Haryana
The acting chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday set up a committee of judges to look into the demand of the establishment of a separate bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court in southern or western Haryana.
Updated on Jul 11, 2015 08:24 AM IST
None | Surender Sharma, Chandigarh