Surender Sharma is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Punjab and Haryana high court.
Articles by Surender Sharma
UAPA accused entitled for bail if prosecution nod is delayed: Punjab and Haryana HC
Punjab and Haryana HC has held that an accused arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, is entitled for default bail if government fails to accord prosecution sanction within timeframe fixed for the same
Updated on May 18, 2023 10:33 PM IST
Punjab and Haryana HC refuses to grant protection to Muslim man, second wife
Punjab and Haryana HC bench of justice Sanjay Vashisth observed that the petitioner has failed to satisfy the court that what kind of justice he is providing to his first wife. The court recorded that the petitioner’s lawyer was not able to give a satisfactory answer as to why the earlier wife was not associated with the proceedings.
Updated on May 18, 2023 02:45 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab and Haryana HC quashes govt’s order to remove Jalalabad municipal council chief
The Punjab and Haryana HC has quashed the February 17 order of the Punjab government removing Vikas Deep, president of the Jalalabad municipal council.
Updated on May 10, 2023 11:23 PM IST
For protests in Panchkula, organisers have to reveal property, bank details
Will be liable to pay for any damages caused by protesters; prior permission must from SDM, as per the standard operating procedure readied by Haryana government
Updated on May 06, 2023 01:10 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Accused in Gurugram school murder case to be tried as adult: High Court
A Class 2 student of a prominent school in Gurugram’s Bhondsi was found dead inside the school washroom on September 8, 2017
Updated on May 05, 2023 03:34 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Former DGPs at loggerheads: Ex-DGP Chattopadhyaya didn’t respond to queries, say Punjab cops to high court
A status report filed by the Punjab police in a suicide case of 2018 in Punjab and Haryana high court has revealed that former director general of police (DGP) Siddharth Chattopadhyaya was sent a questionnaire twice in 2018 in this case, but on both the occasions he sought time to reply
Updated on May 05, 2023 12:35 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Names of nine lawyers recommended for appointment as Punjab and Haryana HC judges
The Punjab and Haryana High Court collegium is learnt to have recommended names of nine lawyers for elevation as judges in the HC.
Updated on May 03, 2023 10:27 PM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC refuses to quash FIR against car robbers despite compromise by Gurugram cabbie
The three accused had filed a plea in the HC claiming that they had compromised the matter with the complainant, a Gurugram cabbie, from whom they had allegedly robbed the car along with his valuables.
Updated on May 02, 2023 11:28 PM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Can’t deny prisoners opportunity to attend family functions: Punjab and Haryana high court
The Punjab and Haryana high court allowed bail to a murder accused while stating that relatives also long for the prisoner’s presence in family events; the petitioner had sought to attend the marriage functions of his sister’s two daughters in police presence even as the Haryana government had opposed it.
Updated on Apr 27, 2023 12:37 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
High court to examine legal sanctity of Akal Takht ‘hukamnamas’
The high court bench of justice Sandeep Moudgil passed the order after the counsel of a complainant of an FIR registered for hurting religious sentiments had submitted before court that as per the ‘hukamnama’ issued, it is only Guru Granth Sahib which is to be worshipped as sole Guru and it was on that account that the FIR was registered by the Amritsar police.
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 02:04 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Ranjit Sagar dam project: Job to oustee a concession not vested right, says high court
The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that a job offer to someone whose land has been acquired for a project is "a concession and not a vested right". The court said the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, does not require the acquiring authority or project beneficiary to guarantee employment for those ousted from their homes or land. The ruling came in response to 107 petitions from people removed from their land to make way for the Ranjit Sagar dam project, which involved the acquisition of 11,250 acres in Punjab, 1,226 acres in Himachal Pradesh and 13,820 acres in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir.
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 02:47 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Probe pending in 12 cases against MLAs, MPs: Police to HC
In a report submitted in the HC the Punjab police have listed out steps taken for speeding up the probes and trials
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:51 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
SC reservation: 2% job quota for Vimukat Jatis, Bazigars to prevail in Punjab, says HC
Deciding a clutch of petitions pending since 2013, the high court bench of justice Anil Kshetarpal observed that “the crystal clear policy instructions shall prevail over the contradictory stands taken by the government officials, in the peculiar facts of individual cases.”
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 12:42 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Denying bail to elderly amounts to cruelty: Punjab and Haryana HC
Punjab and Haryana HC Grants relief to 80-year-old Ludhiana man accused in a case of cheating and forgery
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 12:42 AM IST
Officers not applying mind while exercising powers: High Court
The high court asks Punjab chief secretary to apprise it whether officers are being given adequate training regarding it
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 01:19 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC: Put troublemakers in jail till Jalandhar temple body polls
The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered that any member who interferes with the election process of a prominent temple in Jalandhar, be taken into preventive custody and kept in jail until completion. The court has appointed three high court lawyers to conduct the election within two months, after no election was held since 2009 due to infighting in the committee. The court has also directed that no court or authority would entertain any suit, petition or representation regarding the issue.
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 01:13 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Drugs menace: Harsh steps required, otherwise this dark period won’t be over in Punjab: HC
Lamenting that drugs menace in Punjab is eating the basic structure of the society, the Punjab and Haryana high court has asserted that harsh steps are required to get over this “dark period”.
Published on Mar 22, 2023 12:42 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
NSA invoked against Amritpal Singh, Punjab tells high court
“You have 80,000 cops, how did Amritpal Singh escape?” Punjab and Haryana high court asks state govt, while deferring hearing for a week
Published on Mar 21, 2023 01:56 PM IST
HC seeks fresh affidavit from Panchkula DC on Amravati Enclave residents’ plea
The plea also alleged that due to withholding of required details about revenue records by the developer, plots have not been transferred to plot buyers names till date
Updated on Mar 19, 2023 05:02 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Quark City developer’s plea: HC asks commissioner to decide dispute expeditiously
The bench of Justice Sureshwar Singh Thakur also said that status quo would prevail on the possession of the land till the time the commissioner does not decide the firm’s plea
Published on Mar 17, 2023 12:18 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Need higher degree of proof to summon additional accused after framing of charges, says HC
The court made it clear that while exercising powers under Section 319 of CrPC (summoning of additional accused) is not required or justified in appreciating the deposition/evidence of the prosecution witnesses on merits which is required to be done during the course of the trial
Published on Mar 07, 2023 02:11 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Electricity theft: Consumers let off, electrician who tampered with meters to face trial in 31 FIRs
The bench of justice Deepak Gupta held that under Section 152 of The Electricity Act, 2003, the composition is permissible only with a consumer or any person, who committed or is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence of electricity theft as per Section 135 of The Electricity Act.
Published on Mar 03, 2023 12:18 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
₹ 400-cr investment scam: Probe delayed inordinately, Punjab and Haryana HC seeks status report from DGP
Miffed over the “inordinate” delay in probe into a ₹ 400 crore investment scam in Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana high court has sought a status report from the director general of police (DGP) in a seven years’ old case.
Published on Feb 28, 2023 10:27 PM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab ex-DSP, Ludhiana resident get six months’ jail for contempt of court
Dismissed deputy superintendent of police Balwinder Singh Sekhon and Ludhiana resident Pardeep Sharma were found guilty of circulating derogatory videos against judges
Published on Feb 24, 2023 03:38 PM IST
Dharamshalas not liable to pay property tax in Haryana, says high court
Khan Daulat Dharamshala had moved the high court arguing that as per the 2003 notification of the Haryana Urban Development Department, the building is eligible for exemption from house tax
Published on Feb 22, 2023 02:37 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Post-matric scholarship: HC show cause notice to Punjab chief secy for ‘willful disobedience’ of court orders
The Punjab and Haryana HC has issued a show cause notice of contempt to the Punjab chief secretary and director, department of social justice and empowerment of minorities, seeking a fresh compliance report from the state within 15 days on disbursal of funds meant for the post-matric scholarship.
Published on Feb 17, 2023 11:15 PM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
HC restores permits of Badal firm run bus service to Delhi airport
The Punjab and Haryana HC has ordered restoration of bus permits of three buses of Indo-Canadian Bus Service, being run between Amritsar and Delhi airport, cancelled on January 7, 2022, by then Congress government in a mega crackdown launched ahead of assembly elections.
Published on Feb 10, 2023 12:51 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
Pre-partition graveyard land can’t be put to other use: Punjab and Haryana HC
Graveyard land earmarked before 1947 can’t be put to other use even if no burial has taken at the site for years together, the Punjab and Haryana high court has held.
Published on Feb 06, 2023 10:56 PM IST
High court orders promotion of woman cop, slaps ₹25k fine on Haryana
Woman cop was part of a team that nabbed wanted criminal Vicky Kadian in 2013; her male colleagues were promoted, but she wasn’t elevated
Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:29 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
High court directs PSPCL to pay capacity charges to two power firms
A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed PSPCL’s appeal against the single judge order of July 2022, according to which PSPCL was told to pay capacity charges to these two firms
Published on Feb 04, 2023 01:36 AM IST
Surender Sharma, Chandigarh
