Latest news with #HaryanaRoadways
Time of India
24-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Hry conductor asks studentswith valid bus passes for fare
1 2 Panchkula : Taking strong note of complaints from students regarding a Haryana Roadways conductor demanding fare from them despite they having valid bus passes, DC (Panchkula) Monika Gupta has directed immediate action. The DC instructed the GM of Haryana Roadways to replace the conductor and ordered an inquiry into the matter. Students also complained that the conductor frequently skipped designated stops, causing inconvenience to daily commuters. The directive came during the DC's third overnight stay programme at Govt Senior Secondary School in Mandhana village, Morni block, where she heard and addressed public grievances. Out of 35 complaints received from villagers, several were resolved on the spot, while instructions were issued to address the rest promptly. Women-related issues were given priority. Recognising academic excellence, DC Monika Gupta honoured top-performing 12th-grade students — Gauri, Neha, Pallavi, Palak, Lakshmi, Deepa, Priya, and Deepika — for their outstanding results. She also congratulated DEO Satpal Kaushik for the school's 100% pass rate and expressed hope that the students would bring further glory by topping the district next year. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Side Sleepers Get Neck Pain - Few Know This Pillow Trick Sleep Digest Publication Undo The overnight programme also included an awareness drive, with 20 govt departments setting up stalls to inform villagers about various welfare schemes. The electricity department emphasised the benefits of solar energy and encouraged widespread adoption, highlighting available government subsidies. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Brother's Day wishes , messages and quotes !
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Time of India
Faridabad teen steals e-commerce iPhone data to claim tax credit in Rs 64cr GST fraud
Gurgaon: A 19-year-old boy from Faridabad allegedly pulled off a Rs 64-crore fraud on central GST over the past two years, using fake bills showing the sale of iPhones and registering bogus firms in the name of his grandmother and house said Sanket Mittal (19) and Naveen Tayal (34) fraudulently sourced data regarding the sale of iPhones from e-commerce sites to claim input tax credits. He also produced fake bills to show he had transported phones worth Rs 5.9 crore in Haryana Roadways duo came under the scanner of officials from CGST's Faridabad commissionerate because of the high amount of tax credit claimed. Preliminary probe led the data analytics team to two units — Balaji Mobile Addition and Monit Enterprises — which generated bogus invoices to cause a loss of Rs 64.2 crore loss to the about the modus operandi, a CGST official in Faridabad said Sanket used forged electricity bills to set up the two firms — one in the name of his grandmother, another with details of his domestic staffer. The accused then obtained iPhone IMEIs from online platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, and Appario, and used these numbers on fake bills to show they had been sold to fictitious firms and claim tax official said they were still trying to find out how the IMEIs were examining these bills, officials contacted Apple India, which said the iPhones had been sold to e-commerce platforms, and then to individual buyers. The investigators analysed more than 8,000 iPhone IMEIs and traced their resale records."IMEIs and other details about these iPhones were taken from Apple India, which showed sales made to online platforms and individual consumers. There was no purchase trail of these phones by these entities," the official Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam — the power utility — confirmed that the bills used to establish the two companies were forged and no such consumer existed. E-way bill analysis showed that the vehicles that the accused claimed to have transported the phones in were either invalid or their registration numbers had been misused."For instance, iPhones worth Rs 5.4 crore were listed as moved by Haryana Roadways buses," the official investigation revealed that no supplier named in the bills existed, suggesting that the accused only received invoices but not actual goods. "The two accused were changing their location over the course of weeks and were difficult to trace. Both have now been remanded in judicial custody by the Faridabad district court for 14 days," the official said.
Hindustan Times
06-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Panchkula: Tribunal awards ₹27lakh compensation to road mishap victim's kin
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has ordered Haryana Roadways, its driver and United India Insurance Company Limited to jointly pay ₹27,14,250 in compensation to the family of Lal Singh, a 46-year-old man who died in a road accident in June 2024. The petition was filed by Lal Singh's 45-year-old wife, two children and elderly mother in August 2024. The respondents included Rattan Singh, the bus driver, Haryana Roadways through its general manager and the insurer, United India Insurance. According to the case, Lal Singh was riding his motorcycle from Panchkula to Mattanwala village on June 15, 2024, when a Haryana Roadways bus allegedly struck him from behind near Eldeco Society, Mattanwala. The impact caused him to fall and sustain serious injuries. He was taken to the community health centre in Kot and later referred to civil hospital in Panchkula, Sector-6, where he was declared brought dead. An FIR was registered against the bus driver under Sections 279 and 304-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The claimants said that Lal Singh was working as an Edu Sat Chowkidar and also sold milk, earning around ₹40,000 per month. The respondents denied the occurrence of the accident or any liability. The Haryana Roadways driver, Rattan Singh, claimed that no accident involving the bus had occurred and alleged a false FIR was registered to claim compensation. Haryana Roadways maintained that the accident was due to the deceased's negligence, while the insurance company denied the occurrence of the alleged accident with their insured vehicle. However, after reviewing the case records and the statements from both sides, the tribunal ruled in favor of the claimants. It concluded that the driver, Haryana Roadways, and the insurance company are jointly and severally liable to pay the total compensation of ₹27,14,250 to Lal Singh's family. The tribunal directed the insurance company to make the payment in the first instance.
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
HC: Govt can withhold back wages for employees acquitted in criminal cases not related to duty
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has clarified that the state govt is fully entitled to withhold the back wages of an employee for the duration he has been absent from duty due to involvement in a criminal case, even if the individual is subsequently acquitted of all charges. "If the prosecution, which ultimately culminated in the acquittal of the concerned individual, was initiated at the behest of or directly by the department, a different legal and equitable consideration might apply. However, when a public servant or an employee, in their capacity as a private citizen, becomes embroiled in a criminal case—wherein they face an initial conviction by the trial court but later secure an acquittal on appeal—the department cannot be held responsible for keeping such an individual out of service," the HC has held. Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj passed these orders on Friday while disposing of a petition filed by Balwant Singh, a former employee who worked as a conductor in the transport department of Haryana. The petitioner was implicated in a criminal case regarding dowry harassment and dowry death registered under Sections 498-A and 304-B of the Indian Penal Code at Kurukshetra police station. At the time of registration of the case, the petitioner was employed as a conductor with Haryana Roadways, Kurukshetra. On April 29, 1991, he was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of seven years. On Aug 22, 1991, he was terminated from service. Later, he was acquitted by the high court in this case. Following his acquittal, he was reinstated with immediate effect, but the order dated April 28, 2006, specifically stated that the petitioner would not be entitled to back wages for the period he remained out of service due to his conviction. Aggrieved by that, he approached the HC seeking directions to pay full salary and allowances for the period he remained out of a job. His counsel submitted that once the foundation of the dismissal ceased to exist, the petitioner was legally entitled to reinstatement with all consequential benefits Strongly opposing his plea, the counsel for the state submitted that the conviction of the petitioner was the sole reason for his dismissal, and as a result, the department was unable to avail his services during the intervening period. "Unless an acquittal is based on a finding of false implication or malicious prosecution, the employer is not obligated to compensate an employee for the period during which they were lawfully dismissed...," the state contended
