School teacher gets 18 months’ jail for dowry demandsCHANDIGARH - A local court here Monday sentenced a Sanskrit teacher in a Chandigarh government school and his parents to 18 months’ rigorous imprisonment for harassing his wife for dowry. Badal seeks day-to-day trial of 1984 anti-Sikh riots casesCHANDIGARH - Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Saturday sought day-to-day hearing of the over 25-year-old 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. Punjab to seek help for illegal immigrants in SpainCHANDIGARH - Moved by the plight of several Punjabi youth languishing in prisons in Spain after illegal immigration bids, the Punjab government Friday announced it would seek the central government’s help in securing the release of these people. Haryana proposes to set up migrants resource centreCHANDIGARH - The Haryana government has proposed setting up a migrants resource centre in the state to check illegal immigration and facilitate migration of skilled and unskilled workers to other countries, an official said Thursday. Haryana will have separate high court: HoodaCHANDIGARH - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday reiterated that his state will have a separate high court in Chandigarh. Woman officer jailed for a year after court martialCHANDIGARH - A woman military officer has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year after an army court held her guilty of corruption, indiscipline and professional impropriety. Consumer forum imposes fine on complainantCHANDIGARH - The district consumer disputes redressal forum here Tuesday directed a complainant to pay a sum of Rs.30,000 for filing a false complaint against a car agency from where he had bought a vehicle last year. Haryana saves more girls, but 9 districts fall behindCHANDIGARH - The 2001 census showed that Haryana had the worst male-female ratio in India. Since then, it has had partial success in reversing the imbalance, but a negative trend shown by nine out of 21 districts in the last one year threatens to undo the good work. Ruchika case hearing adjourned till April 5CHANDIGARH - The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, which involves former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore till April 5 as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought more time for investigations. Haryana likely to start evening courtsCHANDIGARH - The Haryana government is considering evening courts on a trial basis to clear the backlog of cases, state government officials said here Friday. Ruchika case proceedings to be heard in-cameraCHANDIGARH - The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday agreed to hold in-camera proceedings in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case that involves former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore. Ruchika case: Rathore’s bail plea hearing todayCHANDIGARH - The Punjab and Haryana High Court will on Monday hear the bail plea of former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore against the six-months sentence and conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. Court seeks Rathore’s response on CBI’s appealCHANDIGARH - A local court here Friday asked former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore to respond to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appeal and the complainant’s revision petition for enhanced sentence for him in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. Chandigarh’s ‘Open Hand’ gets partial freedom for visitorsCHANDIGARH - Chandigarh’s famous ‘Open Hand’ monument, designed and built by the city’s founder-architect Le Corbusier to depict the city’s spirit of ‘open to give and open to take’, can now be visited by common people. Court jails rapist for 10 yearsCHANDIGARH - A court here Thursday handed down a 10-year jail term to a man for raping a 22-month-old girl last March. Amarinder Singh’s ex-media adviser gets a week’s jailCHANDIGARH - Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, former media adviser to former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, was Wednesday sentenced to one week in prison on charges of contempt of court by the Punjab and Haryana high court. Parents of Punjab youths lost abroad want PM to interveneCHANDIGARH - Parents of 37 Punjabi youths who went missing en route to Spain from India in 2004 Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi to secure the release of their children. Rathore deposits passport in courtCHANDIGARH - Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore Thursday deposited his passport in a local court as part of the conditions it imposed while extending his post-conviction bail in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case till Feb 8. Ruchika case: Rathore’s bail hearing todayCHANDIGARH - The Punjab and Haryana High Court is expected to take up the anticipatory bail application of former Haryana Director General of Police SPS Rathore. Ruchika case: Court serves notice to Centre, Haryana and RathoreCHANDIGARH - The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Central government, the Haryana government and former Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore on a public interest litigation (PIL) moved by advocate Ranjan Lakhanpal asking for reinvestigation of the Ruchika molestation case. Rathore case fallout: Court seeks details of VIP casesCHANDIGARH - As a fallout of teenager Ruchika Girhotra’s molestation by former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, the high court here has asked administration in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to submit details of all pending criminal cases against “highly connected people”. Court asks CBI not to close cash-for-judge caseCHANDIGARH - A city court Thursday refused permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to close the cash-for-judge scam case for want of sanctions for prosecution of the main suspects. Punjab to bring law for de-addiction centresCHANDIGARH - Punjab will soon have a law regulating the functioning of drug de-addiction centres to safeguard patients against human right violations and financial exploitation, a state minister said Wednesday. Six-month jail trivialises Rathore’s crime, feel activistsCHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI - A six-month jail term and penalty of Rs.1,000 is a light sentence for the molestation of a girl that led her to commit suicide 16 years ago, was what lawyers and activists here felt Tuesday, a day after former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore was convicted and sentenced for the crime. After 19 years, former Haryana top cop jailed for molesting minorCHANDIGARH - Former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore was Monday sentenced to six months in prison in a 1990 case of molesting 14-year-old budding tennis player Ruchika Girhotra who committed suicide three years later. Former Haryana DGP gets jail for molesting minorCHANDIGARH - Former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore was Monday sentenced to six months in prison in a 1990 case of molesting 14-year-old budding tennis player Ruchika Girotra who committed suicide three years later. Cash-for-judge scam reaches last stages in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - The infamous cash-for-judge scam, which rocked this union territory last year in August, seems to have reached its last stages with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitting its final report. Separate high court is Haryana’s right: HoodaCHANDIGARH - Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Monday reiterated his government’s demand for a separate high court and in the state capital Chandigarh. Mudgal new Punjab and Haryana High Court chief justiceCHANDIGARH - Justice Mukul Mudgal was Saturday sworn in as the chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here. Lawless in court: Lawyer thrashed by client’s motherCHANDIGARH - Do not mess with the mother - it is wisely said. A lawyer got thrashed by his client’s angry mother at the Punjab and Haryana High Court complex here Wednesday and when other advocates came to his rescue they too were beaten up by other family members. And then it was free for all. Hounded by media, Liberhan seeks ‘privacy’CHANDIGARH - Justice M.S. Liberhan, whose report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition was tabled in parliament Tuesday, sought “privacy” as he was hounded by the media even when he went to an optician’s shop here. He maintained that he had clearly said everything in his report. Composed Liberhan says report answers all questionsCHANDIGARH - Justice M.S. Liberhan Tuesday remained composed and asked the media to read his report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition before asking questions even as the controversial document was tabled by the government in parliament. Sikh groups write to Obama, seek justice for 1984 victimsCHANDIGARH - Two Sikh organisations have written to US President Barack Obama, seeking his intervention in getting justice for thousands of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by taking up the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when they meet this week. Harassed husbands outnumber their counterparts: NGO Badal in Israel, talks trade, agricultureCHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is in Israel seeking trade and agricultural ties with that country, a Punjab government spokesman said here Wednesday. Minority commission pulls up Punjab governmentCHANDIGARH - A special team of the National Commission for Minorities, which visited Punjab and this union territory Monday, pulled up the state government for its failure to work for the upliftment of the minority communities. Canada offering avenues for Indian investorsCHANDIGARH - Canada is offering various options for Indian businessmen and capital investors willing to migrate there as permanent residents, an immigration consultancy said here Monday. Insurance firm asked to pay for stolen truck, with interestCHANDIGARH - United India Insurance has been asked by the consumer forum here to pay Rs.400,000 plus interest to a customer who got a truck insured with the company but was not paid when the vehicle was stolen. High court to get new Chandigarh building to store recordsCHANDIGARH - The Punjab and Haryana High Court has run out of space to store its judicial records and will soon get a new building here to store these. Pakistani spy who helped jailed terrorists escape gets 2 more yearsCHANDIGARH - A local court here Thursday sentenced a Pakistani national, undergoing seven-year jail term for spying, to two years’ additional imprisonment for helping terrorists, including the alleged assassin of Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, escape from jail in 2004. Akalis to raise 1984-riot victims’ case in parliamentCHANDIGARH - The Shiromani Akali Dal Wednesday said it will involve like-minded parties in raising the plight of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the winter session of parliament. Police official gets 7-year jail for custodial deathCHANDIGARH - A local court here Monday sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment a Chandigarh police sub-inspector, convicted of beating to death a youth in custody. Haryana to register recruiting agentsCHANDIGARH - In a bid to avoid unscrupulous agents, the Haryana government has made it mandatory for the recruiting agencies and agents, who are facilitating job seekers to get an overseas job, to get themselves registered. Dabwali fire victims finally get Rs 11.24 crore in damagesCHANDIGARH - Nearly 14 years after one of the worst fire tragedies in the country claimed 446 lives and left over 200 others with burn injuries in Haryana’s Dabwali town, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday awarded a compensation of Rs.11.24 crore to the victims’ kins. Haryana government doctor jailed for corruptionCHANDIGARH - A court in Haryana’s Narnaul town has sentenced a government doctor to three years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him for corruption, officials of the state’s vigilance bureau said Friday. Harbhajan served court summons in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - A city-based voluntary organisation Monday handed over court summons to cricketer Harbhajan Singh at his hotel room here, for a civil case it had filed against him last year for hurting the religious sentiments. Punjab varsity demands Rs.12 lakh for reply under RTICHANDIGARH - The Panjab University (PU) here has demanded over Rs.12 lakh (Rs.1.2 million) from a law student for giving information under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. The varsity says the reply would run into 600,000 pages. Punjab to train youth for security jobs abroadCHANDIGARH - The Punjab government has asked the state police to train English-speaking youth from the state to make them employable in western countries as security guards, according to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also the state’s home minister. Punjab police book Canadian couple in immigration scamCHANDIGARH - Punjab Police have booked an Indian-origin Canadian couple along with eight local people for running an illegal immigration racket from Punjab, police said Friday evening. Make travel between India, Pakistan visa-free for kids: NGOCHANDIGARH - A city-based NGO Yuvsatta has demanded that travel for children between India and Pakistan should be made visa-free. Chandigarh firm told to refund Canadian job permit feesCHANDIGARH - An immigration company here has been asked by the consumer forum to refund, along with the cost of litigation, the processing fees it charged a customer for securing a Canadian work permit. Court takes serious view of lawmaker-police officer spatCHANDIGARH - Taking a serious view of the ongoing spat between a lawmaker and the Amritsar police chief, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Saturday said that police were free to initiate action against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator for his recent utterances. Chandigarh court seeks report from CBI on mega projectsCHANDIGARH - A local city court Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit the status report on their inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the mega projects launched by the administrator of the union territory of Chandigarh S.F. Rodrigues. Congress leader appears before court in ‘hate speech’ caseCHANDIGARH - The Congress aprty’s national minority cell chief Imran Kidwai Tuesday appeared before a local court here in a case of a “hate speech” he allegedly gave during an election rally here. Haryana officials to monitor cases of their departmentsCHANDIGARH - Embarrassed by failure of officials of various departments to appear before courts for hearing of cases, the Haryana government Monday instructed its top officials to monitor all court cases pertaining to their departments. Punjab plans evening courts to clear backlog of casesCHANDIGARH - In view of nearly 700,000 pending cases in various courts under its jurisdiction, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday announced that evening courts would be started shortly in Punjab to lessen the pendency of cases. Oriental Insurance asked to pay Rs.6.77 lakh compensationCHANDIGARH - Oriental Insurance has been asked by the consumer forum here to pay Rs.6.77 lakh as compensation and Rs.5,000 as litigation cost to Makhan Singh, a sector 45 resident, who had got his car insured by the company. Chandigarh rejects aid for mentally challenged rape victimCHANDIGARH - The Chandigarh administration Monday rejected the financial assistance offered by a Delhi-based trust for the care and upbringing of a 19-year-old mentally challenged rape victim and her unborn child. Controversy over custody of mentally challenged rape victim in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH - A fresh controversy has erupted over the issue of custody of a 19-year-old mentally challenged pregnant rape victim between the administration of this union territory (UT) and a Delhi-based trust. Two-year jail for Indian Oil officialCHANDIGARH - A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Wednesday sentenced a former Indian Oil official to two years in jail for illegally issuing gas connections about two decades ago. |
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