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The ruling, delivered on November 20 by Justice Harpreet Singh Brar, comes after decades of litigation and highlights the state’s failure to absorb the employee despite earlier court orders and undertakings.

HC directs Punjab to pay Rs 5 lakh to worker retrenched from hydel project in 1985: ‘State must act as model employer’

December 03, 2025 5:41 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court said the “very essence of a welfare state…is compromised when the instrumentalities of the state itself become a source of protracted litigation”.

He also accused the Centre of weakening Punjab’s authority over Chandigarh and interfering in state matters.

Mohali now ‘hotspot for gangsters’, law and order ‘collapsed beyond control’: Warring

November 24, 2025 8:28 pm

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring accused the AAP government of failing to control crime in Mohali and criticised the Centre for weakening Punjab’s authority over Chandigarh.

Leaders accuse the BJP-led Centre of undermining Punjab’s historical claim over Chandigarh and weakening India’s federal structure.

Centre proposes Bill to take control over Chandigarh by appointing an L-G; AAP, Cong oppose move

November 23, 2025 8:21 am

Govt to table Constitution (131 Amendment) Bill in winter session to bring Chandigarh under ambit of Art 240.

Fresh trouble for Punjab Cong chief Raja Warring as SAD president Sukhbir Badal accuses him of ‘desecrating kesh, dastar’

Sukhbir Badal accuses Punjab Cong chief Raja Warring of “desecration” for touching Sikh kids’ joora

November 10, 2025 9:30 am

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal accused Punjab Congress president Raja Warring of “desecrating” Sikh symbols after a viral video showed him touching two children’s hair buns.

Kejriwal allotted ‘Sheesh Mahal 2.0’ in Chandigarh, says BJP; AAP asks 'where is the allotment letter?'

November 01, 2025 8:03 am

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla alleged that even AAP leaders, who had lost elections in Delhi, have been “placed” in various boards and commissions in Punjab

The counsel clarified that the deferment applied only to Punjab, while Haryana was proceeding with its local body elections as scheduled.

Punjab defers Zila Parishad polls to December citing floods

October 27, 2025 6:24 pm

Chief Justice Sheel Nagu tells state it cannot delay elections indefinitely, takes on record notification scheduling polls by December 5

Paddy stubble lying in open on Patiala- Sirhind road for more than a year (Express pics by Raakhi Jagga)

Anti-stubble-burning move backfires: Paddy waste left to rot for over a year in Punjab village

October 24, 2025 3:57 pm

Paddy stubble from farms near Nandpur village in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district was to be supplied to a biomass power plant in Jalkheri village. But a major part of the stock has remained untouched.

Punjab government has now accepted the resignation of Technical Advisor to Chief Minister, Ravi Chawla, who was appointed to vet tenders of buildings and roads worth over Rs 2.50 crore.

Post floods, Punjab allows desilting of Ravi, Sutlej: 85 sites, 190-cr cubic ft, Rs 840 cr

October 14, 2025 9:25 am

Punjab floods: The government had on June 9 floated tenders, inviting contractors to silt the sand from Sutlej near Ismailpur block in Jalandhar and sell it in the open market.

Punjab MP and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi

Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar a ‘martyr’, was instructed to open fire on farmers but refused: Charanjit Singh Channi

October 11, 2025 3:24 pm

Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi said IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s death was the result of the ‘Manuwadi mindset propagated by the RSS-BJP’.

Punjab rolls out digital reforms in treasury, targets Rs 350 crore incentive in FY 2025-26

October 06, 2025 1:26 am

In another measure, the government has introduced e-vouchers for all bills, eliminating the need for physical vouchers and reducing costs on stationery, travel and processing