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Maninderjit Singh Bedi is new Punjab advocate general
Maninderjit Singh Bedi was currently an additional advocate general with Punjab AG office and hails from Bathinda. He is a law graduate from Punjabi University, Patiala.
Published on Mar 31, 2025 07:06 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
‘Everyday drama’: SC censures Punjab govt over absenteeism of counsel
A bench of justices J K Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar made the observation while hearing a plea filed by the state government against the Punjab and Haryana high court order of bail to Majithia
Published on Mar 25, 2025 09:26 AM IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi
Punjab advocate general office: Over 200 law officers step down; administrative exercise, says AG
At least 200 law officers of Punjab have submitted their resignations. State’s advocate general Gurminder Singh confirmed the development but said that “it was part of an administrative exercise and not a political exercise”
Published on Feb 22, 2025 08:52 AM IST
Pravindra Chauhan appointed Haryana advocate general
Pravindra Singh Chauhan, a former member of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission, replaced Baldev Raj Mahajan, who remained the state’s advocate general for a decade
Updated on Dec 24, 2024 05:48 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Pitambar Acharya appointed as new advocate general of Odisha
Acharya was Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party’s vice-president and spokesperson. He had unsuccessfully contested against former chief minister Naveen Patnaik from Hinjli assembly constituency in 2019
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 08:17 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir ex-MLAs’ eviction from government houses: Two bungalows vacated, AG tells court
The AG told Jammu and Kashmir high court that six other occupants were in the process of vacating the government accommodation
Published on Jun 07, 2024 02:21 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Jammu
Ror community celebrates Himmat Singh’s ‘appointment’ as HSSC chairman
In anticipation of additional advocate general (AAG) Himmat Singh being appointed as the chairman of Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC), members of the Ror community, to which Singh belongs, celebrated the day in Karnal.
Updated on May 16, 2024 08:14 AM IST
Bhavey Nagpal, Karnal
Himachal HC fixes next hearing for appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries on May 8
The Himachal HC bench concluded the three-day-long drawn arguments in the petition challenging the appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries.
Updated on Apr 25, 2024 01:17 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Shimla
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann slams state Congress chief Warring for ‘misleading’ people over paddy MSP
In a statement here, Mann called Warring a “chronic liar” and slammed him for misleading the people with his “erroneous, malafide and mendacious statements”
Updated on Nov 10, 2023 08:52 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Gurminder Singh appointed advocate general of Punjab
The Punjab government on Thursday appointed senior advocate Gurminder Singh as the new advocate general (AG) of the state
Updated on Oct 06, 2023 08:42 AM IST
Senior advocate Gurminder Singh appointed Punjab AG
The third AG since Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took over the reins of the state in March 2022, Gurminder Singh replaced Vinod Ghai, who is learnt to have tendered his resignation to the state government, citing “personal reasons”, on Wednesday.
Published on Oct 05, 2023 03:41 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Senior advocate Gurminder Singh appointed Punjab AG
Senior advocate (AG) Gurminder Singh is the third AG since Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took over the reins of the state in March 2022; he will replace Vinod Ghai, who is learnt to have tendered his resignation to the state government, citing “personal reasons”, on Wednesday.
Published on Oct 05, 2023 12:27 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Legal setbacks: Punjab govt considering showing AG Vinod Ghai the door
Officials privy to deliberations say state’s top legal officer failed to defend govt’s key decisions --- dissolution of panchayats and home delivery of atta — in the HC
Published on Sep 17, 2023 12:52 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Kaveri water row: Karnataka to file appeal in top court on Aug 21 over release
Tamil Nadu had approached the Supreme Court with a plea to direct Karnataka to release 24,000 cusecs of Kaveri water daily for standing crops.
Published on Aug 20, 2023 01:20 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
Reply over engaging lawyer without AG nod: HC to Bihar edu dept
Advocate general PK Shahi also submitted that “more than the court he also feels embarrassed with the kind of situation created in the department by engaging a special counsel outside the rules of 2023
Updated on Jul 23, 2023 11:30 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Man tied, killed, stuffed in bedbox in south Delhi
The body of a cook, who worked for the advocate general of Meghalaya, was found tied up in a bed box in his house in Delhi. The victim's cousin, who worked as an office boy for the advocate general, was found tied to a chair and stabbed in his back. The police have arrested two suspects, one of whom was a former employee of the advocate general. The suspects were seeking revenge after being dismissed from their jobs.
Updated on Jun 28, 2023 06:08 AM IST
Shiv Sunny
Patna high court adjourns hearing on caste survey
The high court had taken up the writ petition challenging the decision of the state government to conduct the caste survey, pursuant to the order passed by the Supreme Court on April 28
Updated on May 01, 2023 03:04 PM IST
HC junks petition on Amritpal Singh after arrest
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday dismissed as infructuous a petition filed last month, claiming that radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh was in the “illegal custody” of police.
Updated on Apr 25, 2023 12:42 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
It is vindictive, says DK Shivakumar on Karnataka govt’s sanction to CBI
Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar’s statement against the Karnataka government coincided with the local election officials clearing his nomination papers from the Kanakapura seat
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 06:45 PM IST
Nagaland CM gets SC notice for ‘violating’ 33% women quota law
The state assembly had on March 29 repealed the 2001 law, leading to cancellation of municipal elections proposed to be held next month
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 12:54 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
Madras high court to reconstitute Kalakshetra’s Internal Complaints Committee
The court was hearing a joint petition filed by seven students of Kalakshetra seeking a safe learning environment and redressal mechanism to deal with complaints on campus
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 06:18 PM IST
SIT submits 250-page report on TSPSC question paper leak case
A special investigation team (SIT) of the Hyderabad police, probing the TSPSC exam paper leak submitted its summary investigation report to the state high court on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 01:11 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
HC: PIL against Bihar caste survey maintainable, hearing on April 18
In the second phase, which is scheduled to begin from April 15, data pertaining to people’s castes and religions will be collected.
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 04:01 AM IST
Ruchir Kumar, Patna
Patna HC says PIL against caste survey ‘maintainable’
“The court will now examine the decision of the government of Bihar with respect to the caste-based survey and see whether it is in public interest,” said Dinu Kumar, counsel for petitioner Akhilesh Kumar, a social worker.
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 10:21 PM IST
Ruchir Kumar, Patna
Under fire for detention of couples, UP govt tells police don’t transgress
The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday informed the Delhi high court about the direction after it expressed concerns over the repeated incidents of illegal detention of young couples in Delhi
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 10:01 AM IST
Communal violence in Bengal: HC seeks report
Violence broke out in Bengal’s Howrah district on March 30 during a Ram Navami procession as stones were allegedly pelted at the rally, injuring 10 people
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 11:54 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Kolkata
HC rejects Anil Jaisinghani’s petition against ‘illegal’ arrest
Bookie Anil Jaisinghani and his cousin Nirmal have failed to challenge their arrest for trying to bribe and blackmail Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The Bombay High Court refused to grant relief to the pair, who claimed that their detention and subsequent custody was illegal due to procedural lapses. The court rejected their petition, which claimed that police had violated sections 41 and 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code, stating that it lacked merits.
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 09:05 PM IST
K A Y Dodhiya, Mumbai
IAF officers’ killing: Accused absent, identification by eyewitness deferred
Under law, presence of all accused was a pre-requisite where identification has to be conducted.
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 05:00 AM IST
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu
Roshni land scam:File action taken report before December 11: J&K HC to CBI
Hearing of the review petition was earlier scheduled to be taken up on December 16
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Jammu | Ravi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu
Gurugram land release case: Supreme Court not to monitor CBI probe anymore
The Supreme Court has decided not to monitor the CBI investigations it ordered into the acquisition of 1,407 acres and subsequent release of about 95% land in Gurugram during the Congress rule in 2009. Disposing of two miscellaneous applications on August 25, the apex court bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari said that after perusing the report filed by the CBI, they are satisfied that substantial investigation has been done.
Updated on Sep 03, 2020 01:14 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
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