Punjab Gram Panchayat

The Punjab government on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it is withdrawing its notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state.

The Punjab government has dissolved all gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads with immediate effect and their elections will be held in November and December, according to an official order.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday stayed Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts from performing any activity on a 20-acre plot purchased from a gram panchayat in Haryana, a lawyer said.Mr Ghai planned to set up a film institute on the land bought in October 2010 in Badhsa village in Jhajjar district, some 25 kilometre from Gurgaon...

The Punjab government on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it is withdrawing its notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state.

The Punjab government has dissolved all gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads with immediate effect and their elections will be held in November and December, according to an official order.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday stayed Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts from performing any activity on a 20-acre plot purchased from a gram panchayat in Haryana, a lawyer said.Mr Ghai planned to set up a film institute on the land bought in October 2010 in Badhsa village in Jhajjar district, some 25 kilometre from Gurgaon...