Surender Sharma is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Punjab and Haryana high court.
Articles by Surender Sharma
Money laundering cases: High yardstick for granting bail must not be given the go-by: HC
The Punjab and Haryana high court has said that high yardstick for granting bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, must not be given a go-by, while refusing bail to a 74-year-old auditor, an accused in a money laundering scam worth ₹1,626 crore
Updated on Apr 06, 2024 09:20 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Money laundering cases: Courts can order release of accused under police custody: HC
The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that courts can order release of an accused of money laundering under police custody without fulfilling twin conditions as mandated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 07:54 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Examine whether PMLA probe required in illegal assets case against former EO, HC asks Punjab DGP
On October 12, 2022, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau had arrested former Zirakpur municipal council executive officer Girish Verma for allegedly amassing huge wealth than the disclosed sources of his income by misusing his official position
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 09:26 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Non-appearance of cops in drug case: Keep SI in jail till his statement is recorded, says HC
The bench of justice Rajbir Sehrawat ordered that SI Paramjeet Singh be taken into protective custody and be kept in Central Jail, Kapurthala
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 08:56 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab reinvokes NSA against Amritpal, 9 aides
According to a senior government functionary, Punjab Police kept fresh grounds of keeping Amritpal and his aides in detention before the board that looks after cases of NSA. The board, presided over by a retired high court judge, gave a go-ahead to the request, the functionary said, on anonymity.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:52 AM IST
HC orders CBI probe into custodial death of Ludhiana woman
The HC acted on the plea from one Mukul Garg, who had approached the high court in 2020 seeking a CBI probe into the custodial death of his fiancée. As per the plea, Garg and the woman, Ramandeep Kaur were being probed in an alleged illegal withdrawal of money case registered on August 3, 2017, by Dugri police station in Ludhiana.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:28 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Cut VIP cover, but give security for demolition drives: HC to Bathinda DC, SSP
Seeks detailed affidavit on the action taken pursuant to this order on March 20; during the hearing, the Bathinda Development Authority (BDA) had told the court that illegal encroachments have been found in all five phases and in M/s Narwana Estate and Milk Plant Colony
Updated on Mar 14, 2024 05:42 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Consensual sex: Can’t order termination of pregnancy at 27 weeks, says HC
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act allows termination of pregnancy beyond 24 weeks in the cases where there is a threat to the woman’s life or if there is a foetal anomaly. The law leaves it to the discretion of the constitutional courts, to exercise on case-to-case basis. In the case in hand, the girl as well as the foetus, were reported healthy
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 06:18 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC clears decks for 60 additional petrol pumps for Moga
The association, Moga Periphery Pump Association had challenged June 2023 advertisement whereby applications were invited for 60 new petrol pumps in the district. The association had stated that a dealer is required to achieve a minimum turnover of 350 KL of motor spirit and high-speed diesel.
Updated on Mar 10, 2024 06:46 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Sextortion cases: Punjab and Haryana HC for criminal proceedings against those filing false cases
While dealing with such a case, the high court bench of justice Anoop Chitkara observed that this (sextortion) cannot be allowed to go on as it would unravel chaos in the system and amount to ridiculing a serious crime like sexual assault, turning it into something frivolous, which can never be the intention of the makers of law.
Updated on Mar 03, 2024 07:32 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC pushes for monitoring panel to check delay in forensic reports
The high court has sought names of three IAS and three IPS officers from Punjab and Haryana to constitute a monitoring panel
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 06:04 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Chandigarh mayor a no-show, elections of senior deputy mayor, deputy mayor now on March 4
BJP councillors and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher had to wait in the MC’s assembly hall for over two hours, in a stark reminder of the scenes that had played out on January 18, the first date fixed by the UT for the conduct of the mayoral polls, when only AAP-Congress councillors were seen in attendance while BJP members and presiding officer Anil Masih were conspicuous by their absence.
Updated on Feb 28, 2024 09:06 AM IST
Chandigarh: High court junks plea to enhance private-aided faculty’s retirement age
HC bench of justice Sureshwar Singh Thakur and justice Sudeepti Sharma observed that though the teaching faculty of government and private colleges perform similar functions, it does not mean that the private college faculty have any indefeasible right as these institutions run with a motive of profiteering
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 09:54 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Senior deputy mayor, deputy mayor to be elected afresh
Having 19 votes, BJP holds the numerical advantage in the contest, compared to AAP-Congress alliance that has 17
Updated on Feb 23, 2024 10:54 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Drug cases: Punjab and Haryana high court issues slew of directions for speedy trials
The high court bench of justice Pankaj Jain, issued a slew of directions, including departmental action against cops not appearing before the courts and deadlines for courts to complete the trials
Updated on Feb 22, 2024 08:50 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab and Haryana high court acquits father, uncle of girl’s murder over inter-caste relationship
The girl, a first-year student and resident of a village under police station Jandiala Guru in Amritsar, was found dead at her house on September 12, 2012
Updated on Feb 22, 2024 08:46 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC censures Chandigarh for denying medical reimbursement to former CTU staffer’s widow
The observations were made while dismissing the UT administration’s plea against an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which was approached by a widow challenging denial of medical reimbursement. The tribunal had, on August 25, 2023, found the woman’s claim genuine and directed the UT to settle the medical claim within two months.
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 09:38 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Land allotment for HC in Sarangpur: 8.5-acre land inadequate, revise proposal, HC tells UT
The development comes days after the administration in its letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) suggested that for the expansion plans given by the high court, 8.5 acres of land would be “justified”. These comments were part of the administration’s letter in which it had apprised the MHA of the high court order and sought approval for the allotment, as ordered on January 19. .
Updated on Feb 04, 2024 08:48 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Drugs menace has acquired dimension of an epidemic: HC
The woman petitioner, Maya, accused of being part of an alleged cartel involved in transporting 150 kg ganja from Orissa to Punjab and Haryana, had claimed that she was falsely implicated on the basis of a statement from other co-accused persons, wherein her son has also been shown to be involved
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 07:04 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
POs evading arrest: HC asks Punjab, Haryana, UT DGPs to constitute monitoring committees
The high court bench of justice HS Brar also issued a slew of directions to police and trial courts to take steps so that these offenders are not able to evade the process of law for years together.
Updated on Jan 26, 2024 09:16 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC quashes FIR against NRI woman accused of abandoning her husband
The HC bench of justice Deepak Gupta observed that even if it be assumed that all the expenses for coaching, training, tickets or expenses required for living in Australia were incurred by the husband, the same do not “prima facie make out a case of cheating, as the amount was spent by a husband on his wife”. An FIR was registered by one Amandeep Singh of Sangrur in March 2020 for cheating and criminal conspiracy against NRI wife, Rajwinder Kaur and her father Gurtej Singh. They got married in 2014 and she went to Australia in 2018.
Updated on Jan 23, 2024 08:34 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab Police duty-bound to review punishment against cop post acquittal: High court
In the case in hand, the petition was from one Jarnail Singh, who had approached the Punjab and Haryana high court in March 2019. He had sought quashing of a March 1, 2016, order whereby after departmental probe, a punishment of stoppage of two annual increments with cumulative effect was awarded to him.
Updated on Jan 14, 2024 06:56 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Matrimonial dispute cases: Follow Chandigarh model, HC to Punjab, Haryana
In Chandigarh, a centre has been set up to deal with child custody, maintenance & other disputes arising out of matrimonial cases at pre-litigation stage
Updated on Jan 12, 2024 09:26 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC denies anticipatory bail to Faridkot jail staffer accused of providing phone to convict
The FIR was registered on October 2, 2021, after a video allegedly by a jail inmate came to light with allegations against jail staff of providing phones and drugs to the inmates facilitated by jail staff
Updated on Dec 27, 2023 08:36 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Mohali trash hill: HC seeks affidavits from MC chief, local bodies secy
The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered Mohali municipal corporation to provide personal affidavits on waste disposal measures in the city. The court also directed the corporation to address issues raised by the Punjab Pollution Control Board and ensure no financial troubles in taking remedial measures. The court expressed concern over the corporation's lack of compliance and indolence in waste management. The corporation has been given suggestions for remedial measures at the Phase-8B dumping site.
Updated on Dec 26, 2023 08:24 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC acquits Muktsar man awarded death for drowning wife, children
The allegations were that convict Palwinder Singh and Karamjit Kaur had an illicit relationship and planned the murder, in which a car driven by Palwinder fell into Gang canal near Fattanwala village on June 20, 2015, in which his wife Sarabjit Kaur, daughter Gaganpreet Kaur, son Jashanpreet Singh and Karamjit’s husband Nirmal Singh, a servant of the family, were killed
Updated on Dec 22, 2023 08:24 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Judicial officers’ promotions: HC says recommendations are binding on Haryana govt
The HC bench of justice GS Sandhawalia and justice Lapita Banerjee also imposed a cost of ₹50 thousand per litigant for “unwarranted delay”
Updated on Dec 21, 2023 11:20 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Include constituencies from Haryana in SGPC polls: SGPC to HC
The Sikh body has responded to a plea seeking directions not to exclude Haryana from the electoral rolls for the Sikh body poll
Updated on Dec 19, 2023 08:24 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC grants bail to pregnant woman in drugs seizure cases
The court observed that although the woman is alleged to have been found in possession of the contraband falling in commercial category but pregnancy of a woman is a special circumstance, in which the gravity of the offence for the time being is liable to be ignored
Updated on Dec 17, 2023 07:30 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC grants protection to two underage Muslim girls who married against parents’ wishes
Applicable personal laws in Islam allow a Muslim girl to enter into a contract of marriage after attaining puberty whereas a set of common civil and criminal laws in India proscribes the marriage of girls under 18 and further makes sexual intercourse with minors a penal offence
Updated on Dec 16, 2023 09:14 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh