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TopicPunjab and Haryana High Court

Topic: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Surrender of passport as bail condition doesn’t mean ‘permanent embargo’ against its renewal, says HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court says right to possess passport & travel abroad forms part of personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21, subject to restrictions imposed by a court.

Saini govt gave PGIMS Rohtak chief extension after BJP leader called him ‘pillar of support’. HC stayed it

In the doc: Stayed by high court, the three-year extension came about after letter from former minister Manish Grover to the Chief Minister’s Office.

Can accused be re-arrested if detention deemed illegal by Article 22? SC says not without magistrate nod

Top court held that if investigating agency continues to require the accused’s custody after such a constitutional violation, it must satisfy the safeguards.

36 yrs after Haryana woman took Indian Oil to court, SC rules she was denied job because of gender

Sumitra’s fight for a Rs 34-a-day post at an Indian Oil Corporation’s plant began in 1989. At 63, she says the Rs 12 lakh compensation awarded to her cannot make up for what she lost.

Eight years on, mental health law still ‘empty formality’ in Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh—HC

Bench says State Mental Health Authorities exist on paper, seeks their annual reports and gives Chandigarh four weeks to set up its own.

A surgical tube landed Haryana firm in drug case. 15 years later, High Court set it free

Punjab and Haryana High Court quashes prosecution against Bahadurgarh manufacturer, rules government never officially notified heart-lung packs as a ‘drug’

Haryana HC quashes HPSC new NET cut-off that blocked reserved candidates from other states 

In common order on 79 connected petitions, Justice Harpreet Singh Brar ruled that HPSC can't impose fresh condition after recruitment process for 2,424 Assistant Professors had begun. 

HC asks Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh to explain compliance with Supreme Court’s arrest notice rules

A 2022 top court ruling requires police to follow a fixed procedure before arresting a person in cases carrying up to seven years in jail.

How a Chandigarh lawyer’s fight against tax notice ended with HC striking down Section 147A of I-T Act

The high court quashed tax notices to nearly 700 assessees across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, in what is among the biggest tax litigation clusters it has decided.

3 aspiring Haryana teachers lost out on jobs thanks to system built to help them. Then HC stepped in

Sanskrit teacher aspirants were denied appointment because they paid a fee they were exempted from. The HC orders the Staff Selection Commission to reconsider their cases.

On Camera

MbS should have learned from grandfather Abdulaziz that intrigue is not a game for amateurs

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman had believed conference-room babble on a multipolar world, imagining the kingdom’s wealth would compel the great powers to court it.

Why is oil at $100 if Trump is winning the battle in Hormuz?

To understand what’s happening, a good place to start is market psychology & the fascination with using a triple-digit price level as benchmark for success or failure, writes Javier Blas.

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon purge continues: US generals, admirals positions to be slashed by 20%

Move effectively doubles last year’s 10 percent cut to the 800-odd general and flag officer positions; targets ‘redundant force structure’ and refocus on frontline soldiers.

Since Indira, govts drift in the 3rd year. Modi must restore EC image to get out of it

Gyanesh Kumar has now become the second most unforgettable among our 26 CECs. He obviously didn’t seek this ‘fame’. But he can’t shake it off.