Jammu, Feb 19 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Thursday that its prized properties in New Delhi, Amritsar and Chandigarh are not in its control and are under the occupation of others.The government said this in a written reply to a cut motion by MLA Sajad Gani Lone.The disclosure has raised questions over how assets of such huge financial value slipped out of the J&K government’s control.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the Minister in charge of the Hospitality and …
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Chandigarh, Feb 12 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has summoned BJP leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his son Raninder Singh in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violation case of 2016. The father-son duo has been accused of being the beneficiaries of certain foreign assets, including a Swiss bank account.While Capt Amarinder Singh has been asked to appear before the ED at its Jalandhar office on Thursday, his son will be appearing on Thur…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal, said on Friday that as many as 116 women judges are currently serving in the Higher Judiciary which has a working strength of 814, with Punjab and Haryana High Court having the maximum number of 18. Replying to a query in the Lok Sabha, MoS Meghwal shared data on the working strength and number of women judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts showing that at present, of the 33 Supreme Court judges, only o…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) In a significant relief to residents, tenants, and other stakeholders of the Ambience Island project in Gurugram, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had quashed approvals relating to the project and ordered a CBI probe. Allowing the appeals filed by the Ambience Group and related parties, a bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta held that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had erred in interfering with…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) In an interim relief to the Punjab Kesari newspaper group, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Punjab government not to take any coercive steps against its publication and ordered that the printing press be allowed to function uninterruptedly. Even as the Punjab and Haryana High Court is yet to pronounce its verdict on the matter, a Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant granted interim relief after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi made an urgent oral me…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from New Delhi, Bansuri Swaraj, on Friday, accused the former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) government in Punjab of systematically suppressing democracy and the media by misusing government machinery. Pointing to the action taken against Punjab Kesari group newspaper and its staff, Swaraj criticised the AAP government in Punjab for lacking the ability to accept constructive criticism.Addressing media …
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The Centre on Friday cleared the appointment of two judges to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, following the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium.”In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of th Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint i) Shri Ramesh Chande imri and ii) Ms. Neerja Kulwant Kalson, to be Additional Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for a period of two years with effect from the date they assu…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) From reinforcing constitutional equality and free speech to issuing far-reaching directions on sanitation, judicial appointments and human dignity, the Supreme Court delivered a series of landmark rulings through the year 2025. Here is a round-up of some of the most significant judgments.Residence-based PG medical quota unconstitutional:The Supreme Court ruled that residence or domicile-based reservation in post-graduate medical courses under the state quota is constitut…