Tag Archives: Haryana High Court

Genocide-hit moves HC, seeks home under victims’ quota

Chandigarh: Daljit Singh from Bihar is struggling to live peacefully in his flat after four of his shops were gutted in the 1984 genocide. Recognised by the Punjab Government as a “genocide victim”, he was even given Rs 2-lakh financial aid ...

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Badal seek legal opinion release of Sikh prisoners

Chandigarh: A day after the Tamil Nadu Government announced to free killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said his government would see what could be legally done in case of convicts in the Beant ...

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Form SIT to probe encroachments around Golden Temple, HC tells govt

Chandigarh: One of the 33 officers charge-sheeted by the Punjab Government for allowing illegal hotels to mushroom in the Golden Temple’s vicinity during their tenure today filed an affidavit before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on steps taken by the ...

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After years, spotlight back on Sikh detainees

Chandigarh, Punjab: Gurbaksh Singh’s indefinite fast for the release of former militants on “completion” of their jail sentence has brought to the fore legal issues, including legitimacy of their incarceration. Their stay behind bars for offences allegedly committed decades ago may ...

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