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Tuesday, June 9, 2026
TopicPunjab and Haryana High Court

Topic: Punjab and Haryana High Court

HC junks contempt plea, upholds right of press to report on court order before it’s signed by judge

Three newspapers got clean chit from division bench after single-judge bench took exception to reporting of oral court order & initiated contempt proceedings.

‘Assess the threat, protect’—HC to Patiala cops on delayed action after women in live-in seek protection

SSP had received representation from the 2 women on 14 May, seeking protection from their own family members, opposed to their relationship. But there was no action for over a week.

Harbhajan cries AAP vendetta over security withdrawal, HC pulls up Punjab govt over excess police cover

HC has asked Punjab Police to share details of how many persons within state and otherwise have been extended security cover, along with number of personnel attached with each protectee.

HC scraps Haryana assistant professor recruitments. What it found wrong with HPSC selection process

Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered fresh selection strictly according to UGC norms & declared as unlawful state’s 2022 memorandum modifying 2018 UGC Regulations.

Punjab, Haryana prisons to get soundproof rooms. How lawyer’s complaint turned into landmark directive

Two-judge bench makes it clear that videoconferencing facility is strictly for the accused and their counsel, not for their family members.

Haryana bans ‘kachi parchi’ in grain markets—a scrap of paper that cheated farmers of crores

After retired IARI scientist moved Punjab & Haryana HC, state has told commission agents to stop issuing unauthorised slips & hand farmers J-Form that records transaction formally.

SC stays axing of cheating charges against 8 Haryana officers provisionally elevated to IAS. A 20-yr saga

Stay on HC order puts question mark on promotions of 8 officers named in a 2023 chargesheet for alleged irregularities in their original 2002 selection to Haryana Civil Services.

‘Ping pong’ witness, satsang that never was. Gaps in CBI probe that led to HC acquittal for Ram Rahim

HC’s acquittal for Dera chief Ram Rahim in journalist’s murder case rests on star witness who kept changing his testimony, a satsang CBI failed to verify, and sub-inspector CBI chose not to examine.

Why HC has turned a disabled PAU scientist’s plea for suitable housing into Public Interest Litigation

Plea filed in January by Kuldeep Singh Bhullar, who has been employed with the Punjab Agricultural University for over 16 years and has a condition that has led to 60% disability.

‘Loss claim fictional’—HC’s earful to CBI in clean chit to Hooda, AJL in Panchkula land re-allotment

Punjab & Haryana HC said there was no evidence of 'dishonest intention' & continuation of trial in the 2005 case would be a 'miscarriage of justice'.

On Camera

Three reasons why India is overly dependent on China for lithium

China processes over two-thirds of global lithium. Until Indian firms begin investing in lithium refineries, the raw material will continue to be exported to China for processing.

What makes the US economy so resilient & why Indian investors should take note

Leave aside long data runs, even if focus is put on specific episodes of pronounced crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic, America excels in recovering rapidly from such phases.

Rajnath’s stern message to HAL—stick to your commitment, don’t overpromise

Defence minister helmed a review meeting of HAL projects which was attended by CDS Gen N S Raja Subramani, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh, CMD of HAL Ravi Kota and others.

Three destroyers of Brand India. It’s all in our cities

The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.