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Haryana changes transfer rules: Age weightage slashed, spouse benefits doubled | Chandigarh News

Haryana changes transfer rules: Age weightage slashed, spouse benefits doubled | Chandigarh News

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4 min readChandigarhUpdated: Jun 22, 2026 09:07 PM IST In a significant overhaul of the state’s transfer framework, the Haryana Cabinet on Monday approved the Model Online Transfer Policy (MOTP), 2026, and the Teachers Transfer Policy (TTP), 2026, introducing major changes in employee ranking criteria, expanding welfare provisions and strengthening safeguards for government employees and teachers. The Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, approved the revised policies with the stated objective of ensuring optimal utilisation of human resources, promoting employee satisfaction, improving administrative efficiency and strengthening public service delivery. According to officials, the revised policies have been formulated after taking into account observations made by the Punjab and Haryana High Court as well as feedback received from various stakeholders. The High Court had expressed concerns regarding certain aspects of the previous transfer framework, including the weightage assigned to age and the relatively low merit points available under the couple-case category. Under the new framework, employee ranking for transfer purposes will be determined through a revised 120-point composite scoring system. …

Army man blinded by tree branch in Sri Lanka terror op gets war pension | Legal News

Army man blinded by tree branch in Sri Lanka terror op gets war pension | Legal News

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A bench of Justices Harsimran Singh Sethi and Deepak Manchanda was hearing a writ petition filed by the Union of India against a March 29, 2022 order of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), Chandigarh Bench, which had granted war injury pension to former Army personnel Naik Nahar Singh and directed that his disability element be rounded off from 50 per cent to 75 per cent with effect from December 1, 2006. “It is very unfortunate to note that the petitioners, Union of India, have termed an injury suffered by a soldier in a jungle in an operational area while being posted in a peacekeeping force in Sri Lanka as not to be attributed to the military service. A soldier who was searching for terrorists in a jungle sustained injuries in the eyes due to the bushes and branches of the trees, the contention of the petitioners- Union of India that the said injury cannot be attributed to military service cannot be accepted,” the high court said on May 22. Justices Harsimran Singh Sethi and Deepak …

Missing Saroops Probe: SGPC ‘withholding vital records’, police tells HC, day after Dhami said SIT exceeding jurisdiction | Chandigarh News

Missing Saroops Probe: SGPC ‘withholding vital records’, police tells HC, day after Dhami said SIT exceeding jurisdiction | Chandigarh News

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4 min readChandigarhMay 28, 2026 03:38 AM IST The Punjab Police Wednesday informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) was not cooperating in the investigation into the FIR pertaining to the missing 328 sacred saroops of the Guru Granth Sahib. The submission was made before Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj in a status report filed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Harminder Singh Sandhu who is also a member of the Special Investigation Team probing the alleged disappearance of the sacred saroops. In the report, it has been submitted that the investigating agency “has addressed more than 14 letters to the SGPC seeking relevant information and records”. “However, the SGPC has neither provided the requisite record nor cooperated with the investigating agency”. It was further submitted that SGPC was wilfully withholding vital records and information required for the investigation into the matter. In the report, the police further submitted that the apex gurdwara body has only supplied only “partial records” and is “deliberately” not furnishing the material sought by the SIT …

Release of DA Arrears | Breather for Punjab as HC adjourns hearing to July 1, issues notice on stay plea | Chandigarh News

Release of DA Arrears | Breather for Punjab as HC adjourns hearing to July 1, issues notice on stay plea | Chandigarh News

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3 min readChandigarhMay 26, 2026 10:09 AM IST The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the matter pertaining to release of pending dearness allowance (DA) arrears of Punjab government employees and pensioners till July 1. The court also issued notices to the respondents on the Punjab government’s plea seeking a stay on the April 8 order of the single bench, wherein the court had directed the State to release 58 per cent DA to the employees and pensioners. As the matter came up for resumed hearing before a division bench of Justices Jasgurpreet Singh Puri and Amarjot Bhatti, Senior Advocate DS Patwalia, appearing for the Punjab government, submitted a sealed report of the Cabinet sub-committee outlining the proposed roadmap for releasing the pending DA arrears. Patwalia submitted that the State is acting on the recommendations of the Cabinet sub-committee regarding the release of pending DA installments and implementation of revised DA rates for employees and sought a stay on the single Bench’s April 8 order. A single judge bench on …

Supreme Court refuses urgent mention of plea against Punjab CM’s stray dogs statement

Supreme Court refuses urgent mention of plea against Punjab CM’s stray dogs statement

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The Supreme Court of India on Monday refused to urgently hear a plea alleging that Bhagwant Mann misinterpreted its recent stray dogs ruling by claiming the court had given a “free hand” to kill stray dogs. The apex court advised the petitioner to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court instead Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Punjab and Haryana HC fines defence secretary, Army chief ₹2 lakh after delay in ex-Major’s disability pension: Report

Punjab and Haryana HC fines defence secretary, Army chief ₹2 lakh after delay in ex-Major’s disability pension: Report

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed a penalty of ₹2 lakh on Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi for failing to implement orders granting disability pension to a retired Army Major, despite repeated judicial directions. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed a penalty of ₹2 lakh on Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi. (HT_PRINT) The action came in a case involving Major Rajdeep Dinkar Pandere (retd), who underwent 24 surgeries and developed a kidney-related ailment during his military service, according to a report by The Tribune. Why the penalty against Defence Secretary and Army chief? Major Pandere, a resident of Pune, was commissioned into the Army on September 15, 2012, in a physically fit condition. He served with 4 Ladakh Scouts in Leh and held field, peace, special action group and high-altitude postings. In June 2017, he developed a medical condition while on duty and was examined at the Delhi Cantonment Base Hospital, where he was diagnosed with cystitis cystica glandularis. …

19-Year-Old Law Student Moves High Court After University Bars Her From Exams Over Medical Leave

19-Year-Old Law Student Moves High Court After University Bars Her From Exams Over Medical Leave

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2 min readChandigarhMay 3, 2026 08:27 AM IST The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to SVKM’s NMIMS University, Chandigarh after a 19-year-old law student challenged her debarment from the second semester examinations on the ground of attendance shortage, which she claims caused by a medical condition. The petition, filed by Akshambari Sharma, a first-year BA-LLB (Hons.) student, contends that the university’s decision to bar her from appearing in the examinations scheduled from May 5, is arbitrary and violative of her fundamental rights. As per the petition, the student had secured a CGPA of 7.80 in her first semester examinations held in December 2025. However, on January 31, 2026, she suffered a fracture of the fifth metatarsal in her left foot, following which she was advised bed rest from February 1 to March 20. She claimed she has medical records to back her claims. Despite her injury, the petitioner attended college in a wheelchair to participate in mid-term exams, quizzes and group discussions. The plea states that in March, the …

Gurugram demolition drive: SC refuses to entertain plea, asks petitioners to approach HC

Gurugram demolition drive: SC refuses to entertain plea, asks petitioners to approach HC

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New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition against the ongoing demolition drive in Gurugram, and asked the petitioners to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Gurugram demolition drive: SC refuses to entertain plea, asks petitioners to approach HC A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi disposed of the plea, granting liberty to the petitioners to make an urgent mentioning before the high court during the course of the day. The bench requested the high court’s chief justice to entertain the mentioning either at 1 PM or immediately after lunch at 1.45 pm. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for the petitioners, argued before the bench that the local authorities have been carrying out the demolition drive without issuing show-cause notices to the residents by misconstruing an interim order of the high court. The bench observed that if the high court’s interim order was allegedly being misconstrued by the authorities, then the petitioners should approach the high court. “If the high court, in its constitutional duty, is …

HC suspends Chandigarh judicial officer amid probe into objectionable video | Chandigarh News

HC suspends Chandigarh judicial officer amid probe into objectionable video | Chandigarh News

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3 min readChandigarhApr 23, 2026 07:52 AM IST A full bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has placed a judicial officer posted in Chandigarh under suspension in connection with a matter involving the circulation of an allegedly objectionable video clip on social media. According to the order on Tuesday, the suspension has been ordered in exercise of the High Court’s disciplinary jurisdiction under Article 235 of the Constitution, read with Rule 4(b) of the Haryana Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 2016. The full bench, comprising the Chief Justice and other judges, has also directed that the officer’s headquarters during the suspension period will be in Haryana. The development comes after a Chandigarh court granted bail to a lawyer who had been arrested in a case linked to an alleged Rs 1.5-crore extortion attempt involving a purportedly morphed video. As per police records, the case was registered on a complaint by the judicial officer, who alleged that on February 18 he received calls from unknown numbers asking him to check his WhatsApp. Upon …

AAP MLA Lalpura, others acquitted as HC quashes 2013 FIR after compromise | Chandigarh News

AAP MLA Lalpura, others acquitted as HC quashes 2013 FIR after compromise | Chandigarh News

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2 min readChandigarhMar 31, 2026 07:28 AM IST The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside a 2025 order through which it had convicted and sentenced AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura and others after the legislator submitted that he has entered into a compromise with the other party in an an FIR registered in 2013. Allowing the petition, Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya quashed the 2013 FIR and acquitted Lalpur and other convicts. He court annulled the conviction judgment dated September 10, 2025, as well as the sentencing orders issued on September 12 and 22, 2025. The court also quashed FIR dated March 4, 2013, registered at City police stations, Tarn Taranm under Sections 323, 354, 506 read with Sections 148 and 149 of the IPC, along with provisions of the SC/ST Act. The matter had resulted in several criminal appeals before the high court, including one filed by Lalpura. These were pending when both sides reached a compromise on February 4, 2026. The court noted that the settlement had been verified by the Chief Judicial …