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Surender Sharma

Surender Sharma

Surender Sharma is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Punjab and Haryana high court.

Articles by Surender Sharma

HC says RTE implementation delays by Punjab ‘wilful’, seeks compliance timeline

A central government enactment, the RTE Act, 2009, has been implemented countrywide.

Published on Sep 13, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Punjab engineers can’t contest BBMB secretary pick: Board to high court

The petition came in the backdrop of a controversy that erupted in May-June, when Punjab did not allow the release of additional water to Haryana during the summer season. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Sep 12, 2025 08:40 AM IST

HC notice to Punjab on plea of fugitive AAP MLA Pathanmajra’s wife

Sanaur AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra has been on the run since September 2 when he fled from the house of his relative in Karnal soon after a Punjab Police team arrived to arrest him in a rape case. (HT file photo)

Published on Sep 09, 2025 03:08 PM IST

‘Judicial functioning can’t be stone-walled’: Punjab & Haryana HC rejects contractor’s case transfer plea

Plea by a firm, awarded work of construction of 440 lawyers’ chambers in the district courts in Sector 43, alleged that not even a single lawyer was ready to appear before the court as opposite party was the Bar association. (HT File)

Published on Sep 07, 2025 06:40 AM IST

Lok adalats can’t adjudicate electricity theft complaints: HC

Lok adalats can’t adjudicate electricity theft complaints: HC

Published on Sep 06, 2025 07:28 AM IST

Resort to bail cancellation sparingly: Punjab & Haryana HC to trial courts

The Punjab and Haryana high court has said that bail cancellation orders by trial courts to secure presence of an accused should be passed sparingly. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Sep 05, 2025 08:16 AM IST

Legible medical prescription a fundamental right, rules HC

The August 27 judgment came on an anticipatory bail plea of an accused in an alleged rape case reported in Haryana on the pretext of providing job. When the medico-legal record was summoned, the court found that “not even a word or letter was legible”. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Aug 31, 2025 04:40 AM IST

Drug case:Punjab & Haryana HC orders release of seized vehicle after accused’s death

The family members had argued that the trial stood abated against the accused, and as the trial itself never took place, the question of confiscation of the vehicle does not arise. Hence, it should be released to the family. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Aug 30, 2025 06:40 AM IST

Cows hold special status in India, slaughter can have serious repercussions on public peace: HC

The court also took note of police submissions that the possibility of the petitioner indulging in similar unlawful activities in the future, or tampering with the investigation, cannot be ruled out. (File)

Published on Aug 26, 2025 07:00 AM IST

Essentiality, emergency needed to be established for claims from non-empanelled hospitals: HC

The Punjab and Haryana high court has asserted that the government can’t deny reimbursement for medical treatment from a non-empanelled hospital given the employee is able to establish essentiality and emergency involved in a particular case. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Aug 24, 2025 04:28 AM IST

Punjab & Haryana HC slams election tribunal for ‘callous’ handling of sarpanch election dispute

The Punjab and Haryana high court has criticised an election tribunal for its “callous” handling of a sarpanch election dispute in Rupnagar. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Aug 23, 2025 07:54 AM IST

HC seeks details of accused in Haryana drug cases

The court further directed that the affidavit must contain whether any steps have been taken by the police to declare such accused as proclaimed offenders (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Aug 22, 2025 06:08 AM IST

Allotting land for new high court complex at IT Park would breach wildlife, land-use norms: Chandigarh administration

The administration, besides the affidavit, also produced records with regard to the establishment of IT Park and various notifications by the Centre, restricting construction of high-rises in the area. (HT File)

Published on Aug 14, 2025 07:02 AM IST

2018 Beas killer spill: HC refuses to quash criminal proceedings against sugar mill

Countless fish and other aquatic animals were found dead in Beas river on May 17, 2018, allegedly due to water contamination caused by release of the molasses (byproduct obtained from refining of sugarcane) stored on compound of Chadha Sugar Industries Private Limited, located at Kiri Afgana village near Sri Hargobindpur in Gurdaspur district. (HT File)

Published on Aug 13, 2025 05:22 AM IST

Punjab and Haryana HC slams exploitative contract hiring by govts

The court observed that the administration did not make regular appointments in the teeth of Supreme Court judgments and on the other hand despite following due appointment procedure has kept the petitioners contractual for more than 15 years. (File)

Published on Aug 12, 2025 07:38 AM IST

HC dismisses bail plea of main accused in removing national flag from a Gurugram mosque

He had argued that was falsely implicated in this case and had no role to play in the entire incident. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Aug 03, 2025 05:50 AM IST

Face to face: ‘Our family laws need to be in sync with global realities’

With a professional standing of over four decades, Anil Malhotra, 65, is a well regarded authority on the interplay of India’s family laws and the international legal framework. (HT Photo)

Published on Aug 02, 2025 10:52 AM IST

Facing stalking case, Haryana BJP ex-chief Barala’s son is now a law officer

Vikas Barala and his friend allegedly pursued the woman, attempted to block her path, and tried to enter her vehicle.(HT File)

Updated on Jul 23, 2025 07:58 AM IST

HC seeks judicial officer’s explanation over delay in trial against developer Jarnail Singh Bajwa

Sunny Enclave developer Jarnail Singh Bajwa faces around 50 FIRs of cheating and fraud of investors. (HT File)

Published on Jul 20, 2025 08:26 AM IST

Punjab: CBI to probe assault on Col Bath, son: HC

Colonel Bath and his 21-year-old son Angad were allegedly assaulted by police officers over a parking dispute outside a roadside eatery near Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala on March 13. (HT)

Published on Jul 17, 2025 10:42 AM IST

‘Only HC can take call on disciplinary proceedings against a judicial officer’

The court, however, clarified that although superior judicial service appointments are made by the governor of the state, they are done in consultation with the high court exercising jurisdiction over the state. (HT File)

Published on Jul 17, 2025 10:40 AM IST

Colonel assault by Punjab cops: HC finds police probe ‘tainted’, brings in CBI

Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath underwent treatment at the Military Hospital in Patiala after the alleged assault on March 13 by four Punjab Police inspectors and their armed subordinates in which he suffered a broken arm. (HT file photo)

Updated on Jul 16, 2025 08:44 PM IST

HC seeks Chandigarh Police report in Colonel Bath assault case by July 16

Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath underwent treatment at the Military Hospital in Patiala after the alleged assault by the police personnel in which he suffered a broken arm. (HT file photo)

Published on Jul 14, 2025 04:48 PM IST

HT Interview | FIR against my husband patently illegal, says Majithia’s wife Ganieve Kaur

Shiromani Akali Dal’s Majitha MLA Ganieve Kaur defended her husband Bikram Singh Majithia, who is in judicial custody in an alleged <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>540-crore disproportionate assets case.

Published on Jul 10, 2025 10:24 AM IST

{Haryana} Extend OPS to KU staff hired on posts advertised before NPS rollout: HC

These employees were recruited between May and November 2006 pursuant to advertisements in 2005 and 2006, when KU Employees Pension Scheme 1997 (OPS) was in effect. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Jul 02, 2025 09:52 AM IST

HC gives Haryana time till December 31 to notify reserved forest in Morni Hills

The court criticised the inaction by Haryana government in not completing the exercise even as notification was done in 1987. (HT File)

Published on Jun 21, 2025 09:48 AM IST

HC junks Punjab woman’s bail plea says, females, children being used as drug couriers

Earlier on April 25, the trial court in Mansa had dismissed her plea, observing that since she has been nominated in this case for the offence under Section 29 (punishment for abetting the crime) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act

Published on Jun 15, 2025 08:28 AM IST

HC orders release of decade-old medical bills of PRTC staffer

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed a Punjab government undertaking to release the medical reimbursement amount of an employee, pending for nearly a decade despite sanction by the competent authority. (Shutterstock/ Representational image)

Published on Jun 05, 2025 06:44 AM IST

High court helps orphaned Mohali siblings save their home

Moved by their circumstances, the high court facilitated a settlement — with the bank agreeing to close the case at <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10 lakh in view of the “exceptional circumstances”. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jun 02, 2025 09:44 AM IST

Sell unsold plots to develop Sunny Enclave infra: High court to Mohali DC

The HC has directed the Mohali deputy commissioner to oversee and conduct the auction of the properties within one month. (Getty Images/Purestock)

Published on May 17, 2025 09:30 AM IST

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