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TopicPunjab high court

Topic: Punjab high court

‘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.

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.

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No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.