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TopicPunjab and Haryana High Court

Topic: Punjab and Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana HC rules that an employee cannot be fired while on maternity leave

The court ordered the government to pay the petitioner her full salary for the duration of her maternity leave, with arrears to be released within eight weeks.

How a verandah has brought SC and Punjab & Haryana HC on different sides of the same fence

SC on 10 Jan stayed order of Punjab & Haryana HC for construction of verandah outside court room number 1 of high court building. HC order was issued in November while hearing a PIL.

Why Haryana’s Dadupur-Nalvi canal project is in focus after HC struck down provision to denotify land

Court invalidates amendment brought by Khattar government in 2017 that empowered govt to de-notify acquired lands if projects become unviable.

Punjab & Haryana HC upholds ex-district judge’s compulsory retirement over corrupt property acquisitions

Ex-judge Ved Pal Gupta, his wife acquired multiple properties at prime locations in Gurugram, Faridabad & Panchkula. Inquiry officer also found wills inordinately favoured Gupta & his wife.

Stock-in trade cannot be seized from bank lockers. I-T dept pulled up for seizure of company jewellery

The Punjab & Haryana High Court called the physical withholding of the jewellery belonging to Dillano Luxurious Jewels by the tax authorities "wholly unwarranted".

Do you need licence to play copyrighted music at weddings? The debate & how HCs have interpreted the law

ThePrint looks at the copyright conundrum, the Centre’s stance, and how conflicting notifications and various court orders over the past few years have further compounded its complexity.

Bishnoi interviews from jail: HC stays proceedings, raps Punjab SIT for ‘tearing hurry’ to drop charges

Punjab police SIT probing TV interviews he gave from behind bars had submitted ‘cancellation report’ in trial court dropping 6 of 7 charges against gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

Ram Rahim out of jail again, just before Haryana polls. Rape convict’s 235 days of freedom & counting

Out for 21 days, Ram Rahim will remain at Dera ashram in Barnwara village in UP’s Baghpat for entire duration of furlough. This is 6th time he has been granted parole/furlough since 2017.

P&H HC judge’s ‘unnecessary’ remarks on SC not a 1st, in May he spoke against his own senior judges

Justice Rajbir Sehrawat declared a higher bench order invalid in May. He has also been vocal on higher benches' intervention in contempt cases, even saying SC presumes it's more 'supreme'.

Punjab & Haryana HC restrains HPGCL from finalising mine developer for coal block in Jharkhand

Interim order comes on plea by lowest bidder for tender, which alleged it was arbitrarily disqualified. Haryana will have to pay Rs 1740 crore more if it goes with next lowest bidder.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?