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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana

Topic: High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Unwelcome talk with woman annoying but doesn’t amount to outraging her modesty—Punjab & Haryana HC

High court quashes FIR against an anaesthesiologist at PGIMS Rohtak against whom a female doctor had lodged a complaint. 

Foreign asset files: How Amarinder & son’s setback in HC could put a ‘frozen’ FEMA probe in motion

Punjab & Haryana HC rejected Amarinder & Raninder’s plea against ED file inspection, saying that only I-T dept, which obtained the files, can object under Indo-French treaty.

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.

On Camera

Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.