The cases pertain to incidents involving the alleged desecration of religious texts, which sparked significant violence and protests in Punjab in 2015.
Dera manager Ranjit Singh was shot dead in 2002 for which Ram Rahim was previously sentenced to life imprisonment.
The protesting farmers would resume their 'Dilli Chalo' march to the national capital from the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border starting February 21.
According to a statement, SC Collegium in its meeting held on Monday approved proposal for elevation of following judicial officers as judges in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Citing certain old allegations against one and lack of experience and less age of the other, sources aware of the process to appoint members of the higher judiciary said the government will take a considered view on the two names at an appropriate stage.
The interim relief came during a hearing by the division bench of the high court on Monday, following an appeal filed by the state government.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday restricted its functioning to urgent cases till March 31 in view of the coronavirus scare.
Earlier, a high court bench headed by Justice Muralidhar had passed a series of orders with regard to the violence in Northeast Delhi and said that "another 1984-like situation cannot be allowed to happen in the city under its watch."
The order by a division bench led by Justice Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sidhu came on public interest litigation (PIL) that demands identification of properties made in another person's name.
In a relief to former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday quashed the Dhingra Commission report into alleged illegalities in the grant of land-use licences during his term.
In an affidavit filed before the court, it said the central government has the power to relax any rule and regulation in certain cases if it causes “undue hardship” to such officers.
The petitioner said that the Centre, Haryana and Punjab governments and the Chandigarh administration have been made party in this case.
Chandigarh, Jun 1: Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul today took oath as the new Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here.Justice Kaul was administered the oath of office by Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia
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