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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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Punjab: ‘False affidavit’ in drug case lands DSP, others in dock

Punjab and Haryana high court’s order comes after it was revealed that a wrong affidavit was filed by Talwandi Sabo DSP Ishan Singla that statement of a key person linked to the case had been recorded and filed with the challan. When cops realised about the goof-up, a supplementary challan was filed.

The court was hearing a bail plea from one Malkeet Singh, arrested in connection with seizure of 2,000 intoxicant tablets. The FIR was registered on October 14, 2023 at the Talwandi Sabo police station. (G)

Chandigarh

Published on Nov 12, 2024 10:39 PM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Criminal cases: Update victims on probe status in 90 days, says HC

The HC was hearing a petition from one Parminder Singh, who had approached the high court seeking transfer of probe into an FIR registered on September 9 into the death of his daughter, who died in mysterious circumstances at the house of her in-laws.

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 12, 2024 08:48 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Mewat man fined ₹1 lakh for attempting to conceal identity of second wife

The Punjab and Haryana high court has fined a Mewat man with ₹1 lakh for trying to “conceal” identity of his second wife, whom he married recently, in a protection plea filed before the court

The plea has been filed seeking directions to local police to ensure that both of the man and his second wife are not harmed. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 10, 2024 07:18 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana AG Baldev Raj Mahajan offers to resign

Haryana advocate general (AG) Baldev Raj Mahajan, 70, a senior advocate, was appointed in November 2014, when Manohar Lal Khattar took over as the chief minister after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in the state for the first time

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 09, 2024 06:18 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

University gets HC notice after student is accused of using AI for assignment

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked OP Jindal Global University to respond to a student's claim that his exam was unfairly marked as AI-generated.

India News

Updated on Nov 05, 2024 04:50 AM IST

ByVrinda Tulsian, Surender Sharma, New Delhi

Why Chandigarh airport has just two international flights, HC asks Centre, Punjab

The bench directed the Union civil aviation secretary to file an affidavit, explaining why the number of international flights from Chandigarh had remained static and not been increased despite the airport becoming CAT-II ILS compliant more than 18 months ago

The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), pending since December 2015, when it was approached by the Mohali Industries Association, alleging lack of facilities at the airport. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 30, 2024 09:02 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Lawrence Bishnoi interview: Cancellation report raises suspicion of nexus between cops, gangster: HC

Punjab and Haryana high court constitutes fresh SIT, orders further probe into FIR registered to probe gangster’s interview while in jail

Two interviews of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi were aired on a private channel on March 14 and March 17, 2023, while he was in Bathinda jail. (via REUTERS)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 30, 2024 06:26 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab pegs arrears at ₹18,228 crore; says total clearance only by 2031

An affidavit by state’s finance secretary Ajoy Kumar Sinha reveals that arrears of leave encashment and revised pay/ pension are pending since January 2016.

A cabinet sub-committee has noted that arrears are going to have a huge impact on state’s exchequer. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 25, 2024 09:00 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana firm fined ₹5 lakh for ‘mischievous’ plea

The court held that both the firms are being run and controlled by one family/ person and therefore the decision of the distribution company in transferring the liability is “valid”.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has imposed <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5 lakh fine on a Haryana firm for filing a “mischievous” plea against the electricity bill liability notice slapped by the distribution company. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 24, 2024 09:38 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC allows witness living abroad to appear through WhatsApp call

The court was hearing a plea from one Kulvir Ram from Nawanshahr, who had challenged a trial court order wide which one Sunita Rani was allowed to depose in a criminal proceeding through WhatsApp call or other electronic channel.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has allowed a witness, living abroad, to depose in a trial through WhatsApp call.

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 19, 2024 08:02 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab and Haryana high court: Extend tenure of consumer panel members in both states, UT

In 2023, the Tricity Consumer Court Bar Association had moved court seeking a direction to the UT administration for filling up the vacancies of members of state/district consumer disputes redressal commission. It had also demanded that present members be allowed to continue till the time fresh appointments are made.

The high court ordered that within two months respective government/ administration would approach the Supreme Court to seek clarification/appropriate orders to initiate the process of fresh appointments, and once clarification comes, selection process should be completed within four months.

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 18, 2024 09:36 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Central govt yet to release ₹250 cr, Punjab tells HC

The Punjab government has said that the Centre is yet to release ₹250 crore as its share under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The government has also told the court that only 46 crore is pending amount which is to be paid to the hospitals.

The government response came to a plea in which it was claimed that <span class='webrupee'>₹</span> <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>500 crore pending dues of private hospitals in the state have not been paid since December 2022 (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 17, 2024 08:18 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Jail interview: Punjab Police drop 6 charges against Lawrence Bishnoi

The gangster’s interview was telecast on March 14 and March 17, 2023, when he was in Bathinda jail. The Punjab Police had initially denied that these interviews took place within the state.

In the interviews, the gangster had claimed that he was not involved in the gruesome and broad daylight murder of prominent Punjabi singer, Sidhu Moose Wala, who was killed in 2022. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 16, 2024 05:18 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Surender Sharma, Chandigarh

Kaithal resident came in touch with Bishnoi gang members in jail

Gurmel Singh was reportedly involved in a murder in 2019, caught with in jail in 2022 and accused of assaulting a local man in August this year. His grandmother Phuli Devi says the family “disowned” him 11 years ago.

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 09:34 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Bhavey Nagpal, Chandigarh

Prison stint triggered Gurmel’s acquaintance with Bishnoi gang

Known by the name of Teli in his village, Narar, a 7 km drive from main town Kaithal, he had allegedly helped his friend Ashok in murdering latter’s brother Sunil

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 09:24 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Bhavey Nagpal, Chandigarh

HC denies resampling of material four years after seizure

Notably, the Kharar-based lab, where material was sent, had informed police about “missing samples” and sought for it to be sent afresh in January 2016.

The FIR in the case was registered at Ludhiana in September 2013. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 13, 2024 05:10 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

1 lakh people duped by fake call centres busted in Mohali in May: Police to HC

Punjab Police inform high court that 336 probable victims have been identified in the US, with one victim alone being duped of ₹2.36 crore

The FIR into running of two fake call centres in Phase 8-B of Mohali was registered on May 15 and upon raids, a total of 155 employees, who had been scamming unsuspecting US citizens through fraudulent phone calls, were arrested. (Shutterstock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 12, 2024 07:22 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC orders CBI probe into claims of Punjab DSP Vavinder Mahajan booked for ‘aiding’ drug suppliers

DSP Vavinder Mahajan had been booked last month for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹45 lakh from one such firm. The allegations are that he had allegedly been supporting drug suppliers by engaging in corrupt practices and the sum was accepted “to protect firms from legal consequences in the FIRs registered against them”

DSP Vavinder Mahajan, a former special task force (STF) officer, is being investigated by the Punjab Police for alleged corruption during probe against pharma companies in drugs cases. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 05, 2024 07:16 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Announce civic body polls within 15 days: HC to Punjab

The Punjab and Haryana high court has given Punjab government 15 days’ time to decide on civic body polls.

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 29, 2024 05:08 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana: Law officer claims drunk cops misbehaved; HC asks DGP to probe

The order came from the bench of justice Gurbir Singh, which during hearing a bail matter was apprised of the incident by Rajiv Sidhu, a deputy advocate general of the state before the high court

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Haryana director general of police to probe allegations by a state’s law officer of misbehavior by Sirsa cops. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 22, 2024 05:58 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Chandigarh: HC seeks affidavits from SSP, SP for delay in 2017 criminal case probe

The HC bench of justice Sumeet Goel also directed Chandigarh director general of police Surendra Singh Yadav to file his affidavit delineating the responsibilities of the senior police officers, including the Chandigarh SSP, regarding their role in supervising the investigation of criminal cases

The order was passed while hearing a plea from a person seeking quashing of the proceedings in a sexual harassment FIR registered in November 2017 at the Industrial Area police station, Chandigarh. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 08:38 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Deal with gangster culture swiftly: HC to Punjab

The Punjab and Haryana high court has warned against impending threats of failure of the authorities in curbing gangster culture in Punjab and has called for swift action against it.

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 19, 2024 10:43 PM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab saw spurt in extortion cases post Bishnoi interview, police tell high court

According to Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav, the state saw 300 extortion and threat call cases in the nine months prior to the interview. The number climbed to 324 in the corresponding period thereafter.

The police submitted its affidavit in the wake of high court seeking details of criminal cases, especially those relating to extortion/threat calls, calls for ransom, abduction and intimidation of witnesses in the state during the 18-month period.

Chandigarh

Published on Sep 18, 2024 07:44 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

High court seeks DGP’s report on allegations of implicating man in drug case

Punjab-Haryana High Court orders DGP to investigate police misconduct in drug case, citing abuse of power and wrongful detention of a citizen.

The petitioner claims before the court that police concocted the drug seizure story and the same stands corroborated by the incoming calls which were never answered and the location of the mobile phone.

Chandigarh

Published on Sep 14, 2024 09:52 PM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Sippy Sidhu murder case: HC upholds Chandigarh admn’s decision to sack Kalyani as assistant professor

It was on May 5 this year, nine years after the murder that the CBI court ordered day-to-day hearing of the trial while framing charges against Kalyani, who has been out on bail since September 2022

Kalyani worked as an assistant professor of home science on contract basis at Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42, since August 2017. (HT File Photo for representation)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 14, 2024 09:40 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC fines Jagadhri woman with ₹1 lakh for delaying withdrawal of criminal case despite settlement

A criminal case against the estranged husband was registered in August 2019 with the allegations of unnatural sex, criminal intimidation and marital cruelty at Jagadhri police station in Yamunanagar

In August 2023, the husband withdrew the petition seeking quashing of FIR as the woman submitted that he had not honoured the settlement conditions. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 13, 2024 08:58 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

High ethical standards expected of medical practioners, says Punjab & Haryana HC

Police have claimed that he was illegally operating a de-addiction centre and an unauthorised stock of 27,000 buprenorphine tablets was recovered from the centre during a raid.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed the bail plea of a Pinjore-based doctor, caught in May 2023 for allegedly running an illegal de-addiction centre and possessing drugs above permissible limits. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 11, 2024 09:08 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab: HC grants bail to 76-year-old prisoner over ‘inept’ prison system

The court was dealing with the bail plea of Sukhchain Singh from Punjab’s Ferozepur, nominated as an accused in a drugs case in October 2022, he was arrested later.

The Punjab and Haryana high court (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 10, 2024 06:54 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

High court development plan not stalled by city’s heritage panel, says Chandigarh admn

The Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee has already approved the holistic plan of the high court complex in its meeting held in November 2019, UT adviser Rajeev Verma has told the high court in an affidavit

The submissions were made during hearing of a 2023 public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Vinod Dhaterwal, an office-bearer of the high court employees’ association, demanding infrastructure development of the HC complex in the wake of increasing traffic congestion and space crunch. (HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 08, 2024 07:52 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Of 37, land acquisition complete in 11 NHAI projects: Punjab to HC

Priority to be accorded to five Delhi-Katra expressway-linked projects, mentions chief secretary’s affidavit

Work on the Greenfield Highway Project under the Bharatmala Project stalled near Dakha in Ludhiana in August. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 08, 2024 05:24 AM IST

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 HC was hearing a petition from one Parminder Singh, who had approached the high court seeking transfer of probe into an FIR registered on September 9 into the death of his daughter, who died in mysterious circumstances at the house of her in-laws.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has fined a Mewat man with ₹1 lakh for trying to “conceal” identity of his second wife, whom he married recently, in a protection plea filed before the court

Haryana advocate general (AG) Baldev Raj Mahajan, 70, a senior advocate, was appointed in November 2014, when Manohar Lal Khattar took over as the chief minister after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in the state for the first time

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked OP Jindal Global University to respond to a student's claim that his exam was unfairly marked as AI-generated.

The bench directed the Union civil aviation secretary to file an affidavit, explaining why the number of international flights from Chandigarh had remained static and not been increased despite the airport becoming CAT-II ILS compliant more than 18 months ago

Punjab and Haryana high court constitutes fresh SIT, orders further probe into FIR registered to probe gangster’s interview while in jail

An affidavit by state’s finance secretary Ajoy Kumar Sinha reveals that arrears of leave encashment and revised pay/ pension are pending since January 2016.

The court held that both the firms are being run and controlled by one family/ person and therefore the decision of the distribution company in transferring the liability is “valid”.

The court was hearing a plea from one Kulvir Ram from Nawanshahr, who had challenged a trial court order wide which one Sunita Rani was allowed to depose in a criminal proceeding through WhatsApp call or other electronic channel.

The Punjab government has said that the Centre is yet to release ₹250 crore as its share under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The government has also told the court that only 46 crore is pending amount which is to be paid to the hospitals.

The gangster’s interview was telecast on March 14 and March 17, 2023, when he was in Bathinda jail. The Punjab Police had initially denied that these interviews took place within the state.

Gurmel Singh was reportedly involved in a murder in 2019, caught with in jail in 2022 and accused of assaulting a local man in August this year. His grandmother Phuli Devi says the family “disowned” him 11 years ago.

Known by the name of Teli in his village, Narar, a 7 km drive from main town Kaithal, he had allegedly helped his friend Ashok in murdering latter’s brother Sunil

Notably, the Kharar-based lab, where material was sent, had informed police about “missing samples” and sought for it to be sent afresh in January 2016.

Punjab Police inform high court that 336 probable victims have been identified in the US, with one victim alone being duped of ₹2.36 crore

The Punjab and Haryana high court has given Punjab government 15 days’ time to decide on civic body polls.

The order came from the bench of justice Gurbir Singh, which during hearing a bail matter was apprised of the incident by Rajiv Sidhu, a deputy advocate general of the state before the high court

The HC bench of justice Sumeet Goel also directed Chandigarh director general of police Surendra Singh Yadav to file his affidavit delineating the responsibilities of the senior police officers, including the Chandigarh SSP, regarding their role in supervising the investigation of criminal cases

The Punjab and Haryana high court has warned against impending threats of failure of the authorities in curbing gangster culture in Punjab and has called for swift action against it.

According to Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav, the state saw 300 extortion and threat call cases in the nine months prior to the interview. The number climbed to 324 in the corresponding period thereafter.

Punjab-Haryana High Court orders DGP to investigate police misconduct in drug case, citing abuse of power and wrongful detention of a citizen.

It was on May 5 this year, nine years after the murder that the CBI court ordered day-to-day hearing of the trial while framing charges against Kalyani, who has been out on bail since September 2022

A criminal case against the estranged husband was registered in August 2019 with the allegations of unnatural sex, criminal intimidation and marital cruelty at Jagadhri police station in Yamunanagar

Police have claimed that he was illegally operating a de-addiction centre and an unauthorised stock of 27,000 buprenorphine tablets was recovered from the centre during a raid.

The court was dealing with the bail plea of Sukhchain Singh from Punjab’s Ferozepur, nominated as an accused in a drugs case in October 2022, he was arrested later.

The Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee has already approved the holistic plan of the high court complex in its meeting held in November 2019, UT adviser Rajeev Verma has told the high court in an affidavit

Priority to be accorded to five Delhi-Katra expressway-linked projects, mentions chief secretary’s affidavit

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