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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicHimachal Pradesh High Court

Topic: Himachal Pradesh High Court

An iconic Shimla hotel & a 30-yr-old JV — inside 2-decade tug-of-war between Oberoi Group & Himachal

High drama was witnessed last week as Himachal Pradesh govt sent a team to take over Wildflower Hall’s management, prompting EIH Limited, an Oberoi Group company, to move court.

Hotelier alleges ‘intimidation’ by Himachal DGP, cops file FIR against unknown persons after HC order

Police HQ says DGP is not a party or respondent in case & there is no adverse order against him. Case also registered against hotelier on police chief's complaint.

Sukhu govt defends water cess in Himachal HC, says it has legal power to frame the rules

State officials say the Himachal Pradesh government's submission in high court Wednesday is contrary to response received from stakeholders in a meeting last week.

12 MLAs of BJP, which has deputy CMs of its own, move HC to question Congress deputy CM in Himachal

Petition also seeks to challenge appointment of ‘chief parliamentary secretaries’ by Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu govt. Appointments to this post were also set aside by court in 2005.

‘Must make sense’ — SC calls for clarity in judgments, sets aside ‘incomprehensible’ Himachal HC order

Hearing appeal against Himachal HC order, SC bench said judgments must make sense to litigants whose lives they affect, and incoherent orders impact dignity of judicial institutions.

‘Is this Latin’? SC pulls up same HC judge for using impenetrable language for the 4th time

Hearing an appeal, SC bench objects to language of 2017 order written by Justice Sureshwar Thakur. The judge was at Himachal HC, got transferred to Punjab & Haryana HC last year.

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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.