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Direction came after Haryana Chief Secretary filed affidavit seeking permission for inquiry to “unearth veracity of facts” and assess environmental damage due to mining operations

Bench declines to reopen the controversy, while emphasising that Punjab and Haryana High Court lacked the technical expertise required to adjudicate such disputes

Former Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant has alleged that a police officer in civil clothes, armed with a pistol, blocked his convoy on April 17 and openly threatened him and his security personnel despite his being under Y-plus category security cover

Punjab and Haryana High Court told formal orders under power reforms scheme are awaited

The direction comes during the hearing of a petition filed by Vijay and another petitioner against the Union of India and other respondents

Court directs Punjab Police to initiate immediate proceedings against woman, seeks compliance report by July 10

Justice Sumeet Goel terms ‘hit-and-try’ litigation an abuse of process; says bail rejection affirms prima facie case, lends judicial legitimacy to probe

Among other things, the petitioner in the case has claimed law has been misused to give a ‘criminal colour’ to what was always a civil matter

Chandigarh power company cannot charge consumers for period before takeover, rules High Court

The ruling is significant as it addresses a recurring legal issue: how to assess the future earning capacity of students who had not yet entered the workforce but were clearly on a defined professional path

From Moga to Mohali to Pathankot, Punjab and Haryana High Court flags years of inaction, questions systemic bias in favour of executive projects

HC directs that the issue surrounding the question be examined with the aid of the Union government after the correctness of the official answer key was challenged

Bench asserted that honesty and transparency were essential in proceedings under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, meant to provide timely relief

In a related development, the court refused to extend Gurugram-like restraint orders to Panchkula while taking up an application seeking similar curbs

Company alleges political targeting; Board denies bias, calls plea premature; Bench yet to pass orders

The directions came just over two months after the Centre informed the court about the constitution of a three-member panel to examine the proposal to raise the retirement age of Panjab University teachers from 60 to 65 years

Direction came as Supreme Court directed petitioner to appear before investigating officer and extend full cooperation

Punjab Police cooperative society moves HC seeking CBI probe into alleged embezzlement and fraudulent transfer of 60 acres in New Chandigarh, claiming senior officials colluded with private builders and siphoned funds without actual land purchase

Bench records assurance of no coercive steps, while petitioner alleges procedural lapses in pollution inspection and 'apprehended action' following sudden raid and sampling

Justice Harpreet Singh Brar notes a perverse appellate ruling—built on conjecture rather than evidence—kept a son entangled in litigation for over three decades, delaying the fruits of a Will that had already been duly proved before the trial court

The court directs the Special Director-General of Police (Law & Order), Punjab, to look into the matter before filing a report by way of an affidavit

Harbhajan had challenged, among other things, the April 25 order passed by the Punjab ADGP (Security) withdrawing his security cover

The case has its genesis in a suit filed by a buyer seeking possession of a small property in Phagwara on the basis of an agreement to sell executed in 2017

Allowing a petition filed by the Punjab MARKFED Retired Employees Association, Justice Harpreet Singh Brar ordered the respondent-federation to treat retired and serving employees alike for the purpose of medical reimbursement

Issuing notice of motion, Justice Sandeep Moudgil orders status quo regarding promotions till the next date of hearing