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Punjab CM's wife sends notice to ex-judge
Times of India··23 Aug
On 22 August 2026, Gurpreet Kaur, wife of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, sent a legal notice to retired Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Ranjit Singh. The Aam Aadmi Party said he has 24 hours after receipt to reply. The notice follows his allegation that she sought Rs 5 crore to suppress a rape case.
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What It Means For You
- If you follow the Amritsar rape file, the High Court writ by the complainant's family is a separate track from the legal notice sent on Saturday.
- Anyone waiting on the NHRC process should note the Commission asked Punjab's Chief Secretary and DGP for an Action Taken Report within two weeks.
- If you read only the 24-hour deadline, that clock starts when Ranjit Singh receives the notice, not from the hour AAP announced it.
What's Happening
- Kaur's notice came after the NHRC had already taken cognisance and written to the state, not before the Commission acted.
- AAP said that if no reply arrives in 24 hours of receipt, court proceedings would follow and Singh would have to appear.
- Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia asked Mann to hand the matter to the CBI, which is a political demand, not an order on record.
How An NHRC Complaint Met A Legal Notice
- Ranjit Singh is a retired judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and is not sitting on the Bench that would hear any later defamation case.
- Some reports say the Legal Rights Observatory also placed the allegation before the NHRC, citing Singh's public statements.
- Kanoongo's remarks to ANI framed the concern as an allegation about a person linked to the state's top political household, not as a finding of fact.
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