Justice Tarlok Chauhan Sworn In As Additional Judge of HP High Court
byShimla: Tarlok Singh Chauhan was today sworn in as an additional judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court. Acting chief justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir administered…
Law & Policy
The KG Basin Gas Deal & the Curious Story of the Dogs That Didn’t Bark
bySo the “supari” that had been issued against Arvind Kejriwal after his filing of the famous Gas FIR has been executed by the BJP…
Rowdy BJP disrupts, boycotts Himachal assembly
byShimla: Agitated by a provocative comment of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, which the opposition termed as derogatory, BJP legislators disrupted the state assembly for…
APP is different, Kejriwal a doer – will they survive the torrent
byThe ‘Aam Aadmi’ Party [AAP] forming the Government has electrified the political atmosphere in Delhi. As it becomes the party in power in the…
Tough Himachal land laws go soft on religious trusts
byWhere the law is out to haul up natives who per force are having to draw a living out of small farms for there are not enough employment opportunities or those who have bypassed the tough land laws by way of benami holdings, neither the courts or the state executive has shown any teeth to act against religious bodies and trusts for the blatant land law violations done.
In Uttarakhand babus, politicians flaunt red beacons with impunity
byDehra Dun : Flaunting a red beacon and a hooter on vehicles as status symbols have become so imbibed into the psyche of the…
Himachal on court orders shifts tainted officers to non sensitive posts
byShimla: the Himachal Pradesh High Court today disposed of a petition that had asked for transferring identified officers of doubtful integrity from sensitive to…
Himachal court dismisses plea to make CM party to HPCA case
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court today dismissed a petition that sought to implead by name chief minister Virbhadra Singh, the Director General Police,…
Himachal court orders filing chargesheets in 1993-1998 recruitment scam
byShimla: An old recruitment scam pertaining to the 1993 – 1998 period drew the attention of the Himachal Pradesh court today with a division…
Himachal court quashes legislation, directs state to implement Shetty Commission
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court today quashed the H.P. Subordinate Courts Employees (Pay, Allowances & other conditions of service) Act, 2005 and directed…