The Court set aside the 2022 Punjabi language exam, even though it upheld a rule to incorporate a Punjabi language exam to test a candidate's knowledge of Punjabi before they are recruited as teachers.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court also ordered that Haryana should pay 13 judicial officers Rs 50,000 each as costs for unnecessarily delaying their promotion
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday quashed the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, that provided for 75 per cent reservation of jobs in private sector to persons domiciled
The Punjab and Haryana High Court was surprised to find that retired officials of the CBI were engaged on a contract basis to conduct a police investigation, in which they also filed the chargesheet.
“We have serious apprehensions as to whether these matters should continue clogging the judicial system, in view of the fact that those were extra-ordinary times when the Covid-19 was raging," the Court said.