Manraj Grewal Sharma is the Resident Editor of The Indian Express at Chandigarh, covering the states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Author of a book on Punjab militancy called “Dreams after Darkness”, she was a consulting editor with Asia Pacific Adaptation Network. She has also been a publishing consultant with the Asian Development Bank, Manila, and was the managing editor of “Gender, Technology and Development” , an international peer-reviewed journal of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, for five years.
July 08,2025 01:12:14 AM
Court disposes of 26-year-old plea, says details must be shared within 30 days of payment
Tue, Jul 08, 2025July 07,2025 18:33:54 PM
Petitioner says woman she once helped is now trying to grab her house; fake posters, threats alleged.
Mon, Jul 07, 2025July 04,2025 23:13:00 PM
Applicants must provide a disability certificate or a Unique Disability Identity Card (UDID) confirming the disability was caused by an acid attack
Fri, Jul 04, 2025July 04,2025 15:53:42 PM
Anuradha S Chagti, Secretary (Social Welfare), Women and Child Development Department, filed the affidavit before the Punjab and Haryana HC in a contempt plea seeking the implementation of long-pending court directions for acid attack victims.
Sat, Jul 05, 2025July 03,2025 14:57:55 PM
M3M director Roop Bansal’s plea to quash a 2023 FIR alleging a conspiracy to bribe a trial court judge will be placed before a new bench after objections were raised on the principle of judicial fairness.
Thu, Jul 03, 2025July 03,2025 14:12:45 PM
ikram Singh Majithia alleges political vendetta in his arrest by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau.
Thu, Jul 03, 2025July 02,2025 18:39:27 PM
People Welfare Society urged the Punjab and Haryana High Court to address rising dog bite cases and fatal attacks.
Wed, Jul 02, 2025June 18,2025 08:49:02 AM
David Eby cited rising cross-border extortion threats targeting South Asian Canadians, said communities are terrified and existing tools are not enough
Wed, Jun 18, 2025June 12,2025 08:09:18 AM
In a boost for homebuyers, apex court says delayed possession warrants refund but not bank interest
Thu, Jun 12, 2025June 05,2025 12:59:04 PM
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling clears the way for NRI owners to evict long-term tenants if genuine personal need is proven.
Thu, Jun 05, 2025June 03,2025 15:42:32 PM
Kashmir Singh Pathania, 78, gets six-week relief in Gurugram land fraud case linked to yoga guru’s legacy.
Tue, Jun 03, 2025June 02,2025 18:47:10 PM
Justice Harkesh Manuja of the Punjab and Haryana High Court cracks the whip as a retired lecturer of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital was denied commensurate retirement benefits.
Mon, Jun 02, 2025May 31,2025 18:09:53 PM
The court found the state’s formula—actual custody during undertrial plus custody post-conviction, minus the parole period—lacked legal backing and contradicted the Punjab Good Conduct of Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1962.
Sat, May 31, 2025May 31,2025 13:10:15 PM
Emphasising the importance of integrity in judiciary, the Punjab and Haryana HC observed: “The concept of probation is to enable the employer to analyse the…appointee… This power cannot be taken away.
Sat, May 31, 2025May 30,2025 15:35:36 PM
The high court found the Punjab government’s formula that excluded parole from actual custody—as an undertrial and post-conviction—lacked legal backing.
Fri, May 30, 2025May 29,2025 18:04:59 PM
Rediffusion's Sandeep Goyal contends that existing redress mechanisms are too slow to counter the real-time impact of surrogate ads, which indirectly promote tobacco, alcohol and other products not legally allowed to be advertised.
Thu, May 29, 2025May 28,2025 23:49:44 PM
Terming it a “motivated attempt” to destabilise vendors, the court imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh—₹50,000 on each petitioner — to be deposited with the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for the welfare of street vendors and their families.
Wed, May 28, 2025May 28,2025 19:57:14 PM
The bench granted the Chandigarh administration 12 weeks to comply with the verandah directive and stayed contempt proceedings against UT Chief Engineer C.B. Ojha.
Wed, May 28, 2025May 27,2025 17:18:26 PM
Chief Justice Sheel Nagu declined the plea to quash an FIR registered by Haryana's Anti-Corruption Bureau and asked Abhishek Singhvi to continue his arguments.
Tue, May 27, 2025May 27,2025 13:41:35 PM
On May 9, 2017, a 19-year-old in Sonipat was allegedly abducted at gunpoint, drugged, gangraped, and then murdered using bricks.
Tue, May 27, 2025May 27,2025 00:02:42 AM
Bench asks builder’s team to present advocate who filed the fresh plea in the matter ‘just to get the case out of a particular Bench’
Tue, May 27, 2025May 24,2025 14:47:53 PM
The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted interim bail to prisoners awaiting release for over six months, rapped Punjab for ‘trivialising’ delay.
Sat, May 24, 2025May 24,2025 01:23:48 AM
Orders revised merit list based only on exam scores; applies ‘no fault’ priniciple to protect candidates already appointed under the policy
Sat, May 24, 2025May 24,2025 00:45:04 AM
Underlines power as ‘master of roster’ to reassign cases, ‘uphold public trust reposed in judiciary by litigants‘
Sat, May 24, 2025May 23,2025 16:36:22 PM
In a scathing order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court slammed the ‘non-action of the senior officers to ensure an FIR was registered without delay’.
Fri, May 23, 2025