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Surender Sharma

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

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Central govt yet to release ₹250 cr, Punjab tells HC

The Punjab government has said that the Centre is yet to release ₹250 crore as its share under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The government has also told the court that only 46 crore is pending amount which is to be paid to the hospitals.

The government response came to a plea in which it was claimed that <span class='webrupee'>₹</span> <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>500 crore pending dues of private hospitals in the state have not been paid since December 2022 (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 17, 2024 08:18 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Jail interview: Punjab Police drop 6 charges against Lawrence Bishnoi

The gangster’s interview was telecast on March 14 and March 17, 2023, when he was in Bathinda jail. The Punjab Police had initially denied that these interviews took place within the state.

In the interviews, the gangster had claimed that he was not involved in the gruesome and broad daylight murder of prominent Punjabi singer, Sidhu Moose Wala, who was killed in 2022. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 16, 2024 05:18 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Surender Sharma, Chandigarh

Kaithal resident came in touch with Bishnoi gang members in jail

Gurmel Singh was reportedly involved in a murder in 2019, caught with in jail in 2022 and accused of assaulting a local man in August this year. His grandmother Phuli Devi says the family “disowned” him 11 years ago.

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 09:34 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Bhavey Nagpal, Chandigarh

Prison stint triggered Gurmel’s acquaintance with Bishnoi gang

Known by the name of Teli in his village, Narar, a 7 km drive from main town Kaithal, he had allegedly helped his friend Ashok in murdering latter’s brother Sunil

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 09:24 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Bhavey Nagpal, Chandigarh

HC denies resampling of material four years after seizure

Notably, the Kharar-based lab, where material was sent, had informed police about “missing samples” and sought for it to be sent afresh in January 2016.

The FIR in the case was registered at Ludhiana in September 2013. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 13, 2024 05:10 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

1 lakh people duped by fake call centres busted in Mohali in May: Police to HC

Punjab Police inform high court that 336 probable victims have been identified in the US, with one victim alone being duped of ₹2.36 crore

The FIR into running of two fake call centres in Phase 8-B of Mohali was registered on May 15 and upon raids, a total of 155 employees, who had been scamming unsuspecting US citizens through fraudulent phone calls, were arrested. (Shutterstock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 12, 2024 07:22 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC orders CBI probe into claims of Punjab DSP Vavinder Mahajan booked for ‘aiding’ drug suppliers

DSP Vavinder Mahajan had been booked last month for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹45 lakh from one such firm. The allegations are that he had allegedly been supporting drug suppliers by engaging in corrupt practices and the sum was accepted “to protect firms from legal consequences in the FIRs registered against them”

DSP Vavinder Mahajan, a former special task force (STF) officer, is being investigated by the Punjab Police for alleged corruption during probe against pharma companies in drugs cases. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Oct 05, 2024 07:16 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Announce civic body polls within 15 days: HC to Punjab

The Punjab and Haryana high court has given Punjab government 15 days’ time to decide on civic body polls.

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 29, 2024 05:08 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Haryana: Law officer claims drunk cops misbehaved; HC asks DGP to probe

The order came from the bench of justice Gurbir Singh, which during hearing a bail matter was apprised of the incident by Rajiv Sidhu, a deputy advocate general of the state before the high court

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Haryana director general of police to probe allegations by a state’s law officer of misbehavior by Sirsa cops. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 22, 2024 05:58 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Chandigarh: HC seeks affidavits from SSP, SP for delay in 2017 criminal case probe

The HC bench of justice Sumeet Goel also directed Chandigarh director general of police Surendra Singh Yadav to file his affidavit delineating the responsibilities of the senior police officers, including the Chandigarh SSP, regarding their role in supervising the investigation of criminal cases

The order was passed while hearing a plea from a person seeking quashing of the proceedings in a sexual harassment FIR registered in November 2017 at the Industrial Area police station, Chandigarh. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 08:38 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Deal with gangster culture swiftly: HC to Punjab

The Punjab and Haryana high court has warned against impending threats of failure of the authorities in curbing gangster culture in Punjab and has called for swift action against it.

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 19, 2024 10:43 PM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab saw spurt in extortion cases post Bishnoi interview, police tell high court

According to Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav, the state saw 300 extortion and threat call cases in the nine months prior to the interview. The number climbed to 324 in the corresponding period thereafter.

The police submitted its affidavit in the wake of high court seeking details of criminal cases, especially those relating to extortion/threat calls, calls for ransom, abduction and intimidation of witnesses in the state during the 18-month period.

Chandigarh

Published on Sep 18, 2024 07:44 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

High court seeks DGP’s report on allegations of implicating man in drug case

Punjab-Haryana High Court orders DGP to investigate police misconduct in drug case, citing abuse of power and wrongful detention of a citizen.

The petitioner claims before the court that police concocted the drug seizure story and the same stands corroborated by the incoming calls which were never answered and the location of the mobile phone.

Chandigarh

Published on Sep 14, 2024 09:52 PM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Sippy Sidhu murder case: HC upholds Chandigarh admn’s decision to sack Kalyani as assistant professor

It was on May 5 this year, nine years after the murder that the CBI court ordered day-to-day hearing of the trial while framing charges against Kalyani, who has been out on bail since September 2022

Kalyani worked as an assistant professor of home science on contract basis at Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42, since August 2017. (HT File Photo for representation)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 14, 2024 09:40 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC fines Jagadhri woman with ₹1 lakh for delaying withdrawal of criminal case despite settlement

A criminal case against the estranged husband was registered in August 2019 with the allegations of unnatural sex, criminal intimidation and marital cruelty at Jagadhri police station in Yamunanagar

In August 2023, the husband withdrew the petition seeking quashing of FIR as the woman submitted that he had not honoured the settlement conditions. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 13, 2024 08:58 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

High ethical standards expected of medical practioners, says Punjab & Haryana HC

Police have claimed that he was illegally operating a de-addiction centre and an unauthorised stock of 27,000 buprenorphine tablets was recovered from the centre during a raid.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed the bail plea of a Pinjore-based doctor, caught in May 2023 for allegedly running an illegal de-addiction centre and possessing drugs above permissible limits. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 11, 2024 09:08 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Punjab: HC grants bail to 76-year-old prisoner over ‘inept’ prison system

The court was dealing with the bail plea of Sukhchain Singh from Punjab’s Ferozepur, nominated as an accused in a drugs case in October 2022, he was arrested later.

The Punjab and Haryana high court (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 10, 2024 06:54 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

High court development plan not stalled by city’s heritage panel, says Chandigarh admn

The Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee has already approved the holistic plan of the high court complex in its meeting held in November 2019, UT adviser Rajeev Verma has told the high court in an affidavit

The submissions were made during hearing of a 2023 public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Vinod Dhaterwal, an office-bearer of the high court employees’ association, demanding infrastructure development of the HC complex in the wake of increasing traffic congestion and space crunch. (HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 08, 2024 07:52 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Of 37, land acquisition complete in 11 NHAI projects: Punjab to HC

Priority to be accorded to five Delhi-Katra expressway-linked projects, mentions chief secretary’s affidavit

Work on the Greenfield Highway Project under the Bharatmala Project stalled near Dakha in Ludhiana in August. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 08, 2024 05:24 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC upholds Punjab govt decision of sacking cop without probe

The Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the decision of the Punjab government to dismiss a cop from service without a departmental inquiry in 1981.

Chandigarh

Published on Sep 05, 2024 10:32 PM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

24 years on, armyman’s widow to get ₹10 lakh on HC’s intervention

A petition was filed against the government’s decision in 2003 which was decided in 2016 with the directions to reconsider the claim. The same was rejected by Haryana again in March 2017. It was against this order she filed the petition in 2018 which has been decided now in her favour.

The petitioner’s argument was that as per the Haryana government policy of November 30, 1999, amended in the backdrop of Kargil war, his death was to be treated as casualty in an operational area.

Chandigarh

Updated on Sep 05, 2024 08:54 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC asks Punjab to deposit ₹12 crore; CPCB to conduct tests at all STP plants

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Punjab government to deposit ₹12 crore with high court registry and also asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to conduct tests at all sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Punjab to check pollution levels in the water being discharged from these plants.

The court passed the order after came to light that statistics and claims made before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the court do not match. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Published on Aug 31, 2024 11:41 PM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Amritpal didn’t stop his ‘unlawful’ activities even in detention: Punjab to high court

There is material on record which proves that Amritpal Singh has been deeply involved in activities prejudicial to the security of the state and public order: Punjab govt

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 08:52 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

PSIEC scam: HC asks vigilance bureau to complete probe expeditiously

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Anil Kshetarpal was dealing with a 2020 public interest litigation (PIL) seeking probe; and four petitions filed by officials of PSIEC — Savtej Singh Sandhu, Surinderpal Singh, Jaswinder Singh Randhawa and Amarjeet Singh — who had challenged sanction granted by the managing director of the PSIEC for the probe in February 2024

The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the vigilance bureau (VB) to complete probe into the alleged plot allotment scam in Punjab State Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC), a body that the government owns, expeditiously.

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 29, 2024 10:12 AM IST

BySurender Sharma

Study leave a privilege, can’t be claimed as a matter of right: HC

In April 2018, Pandit BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, had declined his request, citing Regulation 27 of the University Employees Leave Regulations, which states that paid study leave can be granted only if 75% of the total strength of the teachers of the department are available and working. But at that point of time, the percentage would have fallen to 68.18%, if his leave was approved.

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Anil Kshetarpal refused to interfere with the decision of Pt. BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, wherein it had rejected a study leave application from a doctor, Vikas Chaudhary, prompting him to move court in 2018. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 25, 2024 06:12 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Can army be roped in to track illegal mining along Pak border, HC asks Centre

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Centre if the army can be deployed to detect illegal mining along the Punjab-Pakistan border, seeking a response by September 18.

The court took a serious note of an application moved by the petitioner who appended a February 22 letter from the police to the mining secretary regarding illegal mining in different locations of Punjab.

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 24, 2024 08:00 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

HC allows 28-week pregnant woman awaiting divorce to abort foetus

As per the plea of the woman, who is from Mohali and got married in January 2024, her husband and his family were not happy with the dowry given at the time of marriage, and started taunting and harassing her over it.

While allowing the woman’s plea for termination of pregnancy, the court referred to a Supreme Court judgment wherein it was held “the right of a woman to have a reproductive choice is an insegregable part of her personal liberty, as envisaged under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 20, 2024 08:30 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Chandigarh: High court for action against DSP, others, for ‘dereliction’ of duty

The Punjab and Haryana high court was hearing a plea from one Manmohan Singh, who had approached court in May claiming threat to his life and as he was getting threat calls and messages from gangster Lucky Patial through WhatsApp

The Punjab and Haryana high court’s observation had come in the wake of petitioner placing on certain documents, which revealed that certain calls had been made by the complainant petitioner to the DSP who did not respond to them. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 18, 2024 07:36 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Chandigarh: HC turns down plea for OBC quota in UIET, CCET courses

The plea was from a student, who was seeking admission to engineering courses being run by University Institute of Engineering Technology (UIET) and Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET ) under the OBC category

Chandigarh

Updated on Aug 17, 2024 10:02 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

High court fines Ludhiana woman ₹50K for filing plaint to ‘harass’ ex-husband

The Punjab and Haryana high court has opined that filing of complaint reflects “gross abuse” of the process of the law.

A couple filed for a divorce which was decreed by an Uttarakhand court in 2014, but the woman later accused her husband of cheating, rape and domestic violence.

Chandigarh

Updated on Jul 30, 2024 09:00 AM IST

BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

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Surender Sharma

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

The Punjab government has said that the Centre is yet to release ₹250 crore as its share under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The government has also told the court that only 46 crore is pending amount which is to be paid to the hospitals.

The gangster’s interview was telecast on March 14 and March 17, 2023, when he was in Bathinda jail. The Punjab Police had initially denied that these interviews took place within the state.

Gurmel Singh was reportedly involved in a murder in 2019, caught with in jail in 2022 and accused of assaulting a local man in August this year. His grandmother Phuli Devi says the family “disowned” him 11 years ago.

Known by the name of Teli in his village, Narar, a 7 km drive from main town Kaithal, he had allegedly helped his friend Ashok in murdering latter’s brother Sunil

Notably, the Kharar-based lab, where material was sent, had informed police about “missing samples” and sought for it to be sent afresh in January 2016.

Punjab Police inform high court that 336 probable victims have been identified in the US, with one victim alone being duped of ₹2.36 crore

The Punjab and Haryana high court has given Punjab government 15 days’ time to decide on civic body polls.

The order came from the bench of justice Gurbir Singh, which during hearing a bail matter was apprised of the incident by Rajiv Sidhu, a deputy advocate general of the state before the high court

The HC bench of justice Sumeet Goel also directed Chandigarh director general of police Surendra Singh Yadav to file his affidavit delineating the responsibilities of the senior police officers, including the Chandigarh SSP, regarding their role in supervising the investigation of criminal cases

The Punjab and Haryana high court has warned against impending threats of failure of the authorities in curbing gangster culture in Punjab and has called for swift action against it.

According to Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav, the state saw 300 extortion and threat call cases in the nine months prior to the interview. The number climbed to 324 in the corresponding period thereafter.

Punjab-Haryana High Court orders DGP to investigate police misconduct in drug case, citing abuse of power and wrongful detention of a citizen.

It was on May 5 this year, nine years after the murder that the CBI court ordered day-to-day hearing of the trial while framing charges against Kalyani, who has been out on bail since September 2022

A criminal case against the estranged husband was registered in August 2019 with the allegations of unnatural sex, criminal intimidation and marital cruelty at Jagadhri police station in Yamunanagar

Police have claimed that he was illegally operating a de-addiction centre and an unauthorised stock of 27,000 buprenorphine tablets was recovered from the centre during a raid.

The court was dealing with the bail plea of Sukhchain Singh from Punjab’s Ferozepur, nominated as an accused in a drugs case in October 2022, he was arrested later.

The Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee has already approved the holistic plan of the high court complex in its meeting held in November 2019, UT adviser Rajeev Verma has told the high court in an affidavit

Priority to be accorded to five Delhi-Katra expressway-linked projects, mentions chief secretary’s affidavit

The Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the decision of the Punjab government to dismiss a cop from service without a departmental inquiry in 1981.

A petition was filed against the government’s decision in 2003 which was decided in 2016 with the directions to reconsider the claim. The same was rejected by Haryana again in March 2017. It was against this order she filed the petition in 2018 which has been decided now in her favour.

There is material on record which proves that Amritpal Singh has been deeply involved in activities prejudicial to the security of the state and public order: Punjab govt

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Centre if the army can be deployed to detect illegal mining along the Punjab-Pakistan border, seeking a response by September 18.

As per the plea of the woman, who is from Mohali and got married in January 2024, her husband and his family were not happy with the dowry given at the time of marriage, and started taunting and harassing her over it.

The Punjab and Haryana high court was hearing a plea from one Manmohan Singh, who had approached court in May claiming threat to his life and as he was getting threat calls and messages from gangster Lucky Patial through WhatsApp

The plea was from a student, who was seeking admission to engineering courses being run by University Institute of Engineering Technology (UIET) and Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET ) under the OBC category

The Punjab and Haryana high court has opined that filing of complaint reflects “gross abuse” of the process of the law.

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