Sofi Ahsan is a Senior Correspondent reporting from the Delhi High Court. He has previously reported from the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana and J&K. He tweets @sofiahsan

May 04, 2018 04:22 IST
The delay over the naming of Justice Vazifdar’s successor had created uncertainty in the High Court with questions being asked on who would perform the duties of the master of the roster till an appointment was made.
Fri, May 04, 2018
May 04, 2018 02:57 IST
Panchkula resident had transferred money to a fake website for products which he never received.
Fri, May 04, 2018
May 01, 2018 05:42 IST
The lower court has also noted that the allegations against the accused are serious and one year has passed since the incident, but the victim’s family is running door to door “but to no effect”.
Tue, May 01, 2018
April 29, 2018 00:14 IST
The RD (Enforcement Directorate) has also been directed to make all efforts to ensure the presence of witnesses during the hearings fixed by the Special Court. Aulakh has also been asked to not create any hindrance in the disposal of the case.
Sun, Apr 29, 2018
April 28, 2018 02:04 IST
The HC was hearing a case of a Punjab runaway couple, in which the husband has been found to be 15 years elder to his 19-year-old wife.
Sat, Apr 28, 2018
April 28, 2018 01:35 IST
Special CBI Judge Jagdeep Singh also sentenced Jaswanti’s brother Jaswant Singh to a rigorous imprisonment of seven years for rape.
Sat, Apr 28, 2018
April 27, 2018 09:21 IST
Although more than a year has passed since the exam was held, police have failed to trace even the mobile phone in which the paper was found during the examination at a Panchkula school.
Fri, Apr 27, 2018
April 24, 2018 13:37 IST
During the hearing in the open court after the in-camera proceedings, there was also a war of words between Nanda and Gupta after the latter mentioned something about the probes being conducted by Sidhu and Chattopadhyaya.
Tue, Apr 24, 2018
April 20, 2018 16:49 IST
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has pulled up the administration of Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak for suspension of an associate professor over a Facebook post in which he is alleged to have criticised the university.
Fri, Apr 20, 2018
April 17, 2018 01:02 IST
The order, which has been made public now, also reads, “There is neither any evidence of any preplanning to cause incident deliberately or intentionally or to create disharmony.”
Tue, Apr 17, 2018
April 15, 2018 08:33 IST
Justice Amol Rattan Singh directed Chandigarh Police to protect the couple and issued a notice to police and the girl’s parents for their response to the case on May 8.
Sun, Apr 15, 2018
April 14, 2018 03:08 IST
An FIR had been registered against Nihal Singh, who is absconding, and Subhash alias Chittar on December 22, 1990, at Behal police station after 155 bags, containing 43.5 kg of poppy straw each, were recovered from them.
Sat, Apr 14, 2018
April 10, 2018 05:08 IST
The Indian Express has learnt that IG L K Yadav’s April 2 questionnaire to which he demanded Chattopadhyaya’s answers, included the warning that if he failed to respond to the questions, it would be taken as an “admission of your guilt”.
Tue, Apr 10, 2018
April 07, 2018 05:48 IST
DGP Suresh Arora did not respond to phone calls and messages sent to him for seeking his comments.
Sat, Apr 07, 2018
April 06, 2018 00:10 IST
Samjhauta blast: A total of 68 people, including 43 Pakistan citizens, 10 Indian citizens and 15 unidentified people, had been killed in the blast at Panipat on February 18, 2007. Another 12, of them 10 Pakistanis and two Indians, were also injured in the attack.
Fri, Apr 06, 2018
April 06, 2018 00:05 IST
The CBI had arrested the accused child, who is being tried as adult in the trial, after the investigation was transferred to it from the Haryana Police by the state government.
Fri, Apr 06, 2018
April 05, 2018 01:11 IST
The Dera has also been allowed to withdraw funds from its accounts for the salary of the teachers and other purposes related to the functioning of the schools, but it will have to be done with prior approval of the committee.
Thu, Apr 05, 2018
April 04, 2018 00:57 IST
The division bench on Tuesday adjourned the case for hearing till April 18 to consider the names for re-constitution of the SIT looking into the sand mining in the state.
Wed, Apr 04, 2018
April 04, 2018 00:10 IST
The division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that the state had to ensure the funds did not go into the wrongful hands and reach the genuine farmers
Wed, Apr 04, 2018
March 28, 2018 13:06 IST
Last month, HC during the hearing of an anticipatory bail plea had perused a sealed cover report containing the transcripts of the call recordings between DSP Chander Pal; SP Surinder Bhoria and SDM Pankaj Setia and the accused in the Dera violence case.
Wed, Mar 28, 2018
March 25, 2018 09:02 IST
UIDAI has been asked to submit its response on the matter on April 23. The court in the latest order has noted, “on what basis the Aadhaar Card has been issued giving that date of birth, is wholly un-understood.”
Sun, Mar 25, 2018
March 24, 2018 08:57 IST
Justice Anita Chaudhary in the judgment released earlier this week said the trial court had “misdirected itself” and “had fallen in error in appreciating the evidence.”
Sat, Mar 24, 2018
March 22, 2018 00:11 IST
The medical college has also been ordered to provide the “pre- and post-termination medicines and other facilities to the petitioner keeping in view the fact that she has become destitute as her husband has already left her at the mercy of her old parents.”
Thu, Mar 22, 2018
March 20, 2018 08:45 IST
The Punjab government had issued a notification on the crop loan waiver scheme in October 2017. According to the scheme, the government offers loan waiver to small and marginal farmers to the tune of Rs 2 lakh.
Tue, Mar 20, 2018
March 19, 2018 00:35 IST
The rally was held to support to Dalit groups protesting for the past one month for their demands.
Mon, Mar 19, 2018





