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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana

Topic: High Court of Punjab and Haryana

After Chandigarh Admin opposes plan for new HC bldg, HC asks to see clearance to Lalit Hotel for same site

Gurugram: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Chandigarh Administration to produce documents of the environment clearance given to Hotel Lalit at...

Why Punjab & Haryana HC refused to quash defamation case against Kangana for farmers’ protest remark

New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Friday declined to grant relief to Bollywood actor and Lok Sabha member, Kangana Ranaut, in a...

Raping daughter for 4 yrs, impregnating her not ‘rarest of rare’—HC turns death penalty to 30 yrs in jail

Gurugram: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man from Palwal man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment. He...

HC reaffirms primacy of life & liberty in case of runaway couple accused of misrepresenting girl’s age

Gurugram: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reaffirmed the primacy of life and personal liberty as fundamental rights, dismissing a plea seeking action against...

Punjab & Haryana HC grants SAD leader Bikram Majithia 3 weeks to amend petition challenging arrest

Majithia, who is currently in a 14-day judicial custody, had requested the court for additional time to revise the petition in an alleged money laundering case linked to drugs.

A Chandigarh RWA sought eviction of ‘mafia’ street vendors. In HC’s order, a message for ‘elite class’

Bench advocated for social protection of vendors, recommending that fees collected by municipal corporation be allocated to separate budget for their welfare, including insurance & medical facilities.

Punjab & Haryana High Court receives bomb threat, premises evacuated

All matters and work at the high court has been suspended till 2 pm while the local police conduct a thorough investigation and search of the area.

HC flags ‘bouncer’ menace, says term used to invoke ‘fear, social terror’ & demean security personnel

The court made the observation while granting anticipatory pre-arrest bail to Taranjeet Singh, a man accused of running an unlicensed security outfit named Fateh Bouncer Security Group.

How cash at judge’s door case dragged on in court for 15 yrs until Justice Nirmal Yadav’s acquittal

Court proceedings began in April 2011 after CBI filed chargesheet against five accused, including Justice Nirmal Yadav. All were acquitted on 29 March this year.

Why Punjab & Haryana HC brought up ‘Ardhanarishvara’ to decide decades-old land dispute case

Judge was evaluating spousal testimony in property dispute in Faridabad and upheld lower court order in favour of buyers.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.