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TopicPunjab high court

Topic: Punjab high court

Asian Games selections biased, made to feel unworthy in national camp, says boxer Panghal

Silver medalist boxer Amit Panghal has filed a writ petition in Punjab & Haryana high court along with Sagar Ahlawat & Rohit Mor against the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

‘No remorse’: HC order sentencing dismissed Punjab DSP, aide to 6 months’ jail for contempt of court

When sentence was announced, Balwinder Singh Sekhon raised slogans 'Judicial Gundagardi Murdabad' in open court. Because of that, 'not in position to give lesser sentence', order stated.

‘She may be an extrovert, not a liar’: Why HC upheld 20-yr jail for 2 in 2015 OP Jindal rape case

Observing that 'merely because victim is alleged to be woman of easy virtue, her testimony can't be discarded', Punjab & Haryana HC confirmed convictions of 2 accused, acquitted 3rd.

Punjab & Haryana HC rejects Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia’s bail plea in drugs case

The SAD leader was booked by Punjab Police under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act on the basis of a 2018 report submitted by the anti-drug Special Task Force.

Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini released from custody after HC says arrest illegal

Saini was arrested by Punjab's Vigilance Bureau Wednesday in connection with a case registered in September 2020 for cheating, forgery, corruption and other offences.

Probe on sacrilege cases to stay with Punjab govt as SC junks CBI plea against the state

The CBI had challenged a Punjab & Haryana HC order that refused to interfere with government's decision to take back all the sacrilege cases from the agency.

Kathua victim’s father moves HC against lone acquittal, seeks death penalty for convicts

Victim’s father has questioned trial court’s decision to accept Vishal Jangotra’s alibi plea that he was not present at the site of the crime.

Kathua rape case cop convicts to move HC, say evidence was tampered with, not destroyed

The three policemen — SPO Surender Kumar, SI Anand Dutta and head constable Tilak Raj — have been sentenced to 5 years for destroying evidence.

Former Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur acquitted in daughter’s death case

Harpreet's pregnancy was terminated against her will in March 2000 after she was sedated and confined to a house.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.