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Lawyers, judicial officials at loggerheads in Faridkot
Admn to retrieve govt land along border
Senior cops to discuss drug menace today
Dengue death toll rises to 9
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Lawyers, judicial officials at loggerheads in Faridkot
Faridkot, November 13 Accusing some judicial officers of not cooperating with the advocates and putting pressure on them to withdraw the strike, the DBA today raised slogans against the state government and the judicial officers and also announced that they would continue their strike tomorrow to register their protest. In their protest against the judicial officers, the members of the DBA, Faridkot, today announced that they would boycott the 'National Mega Lok Adalat" being organized on November 23 on the directions of the Supreme Court. The National Mega Lok Adalat is aimed at simplifying the process of litigation and closing as many pending cases as possible in an amicable manner. "Because of the unwarranted behaviour of some judicial officers, we have decided to boycott the National Mega Lok Adalat and abstain from court work on Thursday," said Deep Chand Goyal, president, DBA. "To make the Mega Lok Adalat a big success, we had been working at the village level for the last many days in Faridkot but today when the lawyers all over the state were observing strike to oppose the Punjab Rent Control Act, the threatening behaviour of the judicial officers was uncalledfor," said Goyal. Lawyers stage demonstration
Muktsar: The District Bar Association today staged a demonstration against the transfer of powers of the rent controller to the
executive instead of the judicial courts. The lawyers in Muktsar blocked the Bathinda-Kotkapura bypass for an hour this afternoon demanding immediate withdrawal of the newly-enacted Rent Act. Later, they handed over a memorandum to the Additional Deputy Commissioner NS Bath. Protest staged against “Gram Nyayalaya”
Moga: Lawyers practicing in the district courts at Moga blocked the Moga-Ferozepur national highway on
Wednesday and staged a protest against the setting up of a "gram nyayalaya" at Kot-ise-Khan in the district and recent amendments made in the Rent Act. Heavy police force was deployed in and outside the court complex throughout the day. The commuters faced hardships as traffic was blocked on the highway within the municipal limits for more than an hour. The president of the District Bar Association Ramesh Grover and general secretary Sukhwinder Singh Ramuwalia said Kot-ise-Khan is situated at a distance of just 15 km from the district headquarters. Therefore, there seemed to be no logic in establishing a separate "gram nyayalaya" that would not only waste the time of lawyers but also create confusion among the litigants, besides putting extra financial burden on the state exchequer. They said the lawyers were also against the transfer of powers of the rent controller to the sub-divisional magistrates instead of the judicial courts by making amendments in the Rent Act. "The SDMs are not law graduates and it will be difficult for them to handle such cases," Grover said.The lawyers were also of the
opinion that the SDMs could be influenced by the politicians in power. They passed a resolution stating that the newly-enacted Rent Act is against the interests of the public at large and is detrimental to the interest of the lawyers. Meanwhile, the Bar Association has announced that it would continue the strike and suspend the court work for a week in the district courts, sub-divisional, judicial and revenue courts. On the other hand, Justice Ritu Bahri, the inspecting judge of Moga district, has called the delegates of the Bar Association to Chandigarh on Thursday to hold a dialogue to resolve the issue and break the deadlock arising out of suspension of court work. "The office-bearers of the Bar Association are going to Chandigarh tomorrow for holding a dialogue with Justice Ritu Bahri to press for the aceptance of their demands," Ramesh Grover confirmed.
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Admn to retrieve govt land along border
Ferozepur, November 13 Deputy Commissioner Manjit Singh Narang confirmed the move saying the officials from the revenue department have been instructed to carry out fresh demarcation of the vulnerable land so as to determine the exact title of the land. The same will be auctioned later. The DC has also reportedly instructed the authorities concerned to close gate number 195 which allows access to the tillers and farmers to this land so that the demarcation can be carried out without any hassle. However, the move to close the gate has not gone down well with the farmers who have been tilling this land for some time. Even the land mafia that claims to have the girdawaris in its favour, is feeling the heat. One of the affected farmers said they were suffering losses due to the closure of the gate at the time of the peak sowing season. Some farmers who claim to have already irrigated the land said they will have to do so again after which sowing will take another 20 days causing considerable loss to them.Some farmers have even secured a stay from the courts preventing the administration from taking any action in the case of land under their occupation. Sources said there was around 1,300 acres of government land in DT Mal enclave only, most of which has already been occupied by either the land sharks or the tillers. Earlier in 2011, the marginal farmers who were tilling this land, had launched a crusade against influential people who were attempting to usurp the land situated across the barbed fence along the Indo-Pak border near Bhamba Haji village. At that time, several farmers, including women, had been injured in the clash between them and the people owing allegiance to the land mafia following which the police had to resort to lathi-charge. Several people had been booked. However, two years later, the issue has started surfacing again but this time the administration is talking tough and taking no chances.
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Senior cops to discuss drug menace today
Muktsar, November 13 The officials will first assemble at Killianwali village and thereafter go to Kandukhera village, located on the Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan border. The place is often used as a transit point for smuggling drugs."Thereafter, the team will go to the PSEB rest house in Badal village to discuss the issues relating to drugs and smuggling of narcotics in detail," said Surjeet Singh, SSP, Muktsar.Nirmal Singh Dhillon, IG, Bathinda zone, would lead the Punjab police team while the IG Sirsa (Haryana) and IG Bikaner (Rajasthan) would lead their teams, respectively.
— TNS
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Dengue death toll rises to 9
Abohar, November 13 As per the available information, Sunita Rani of Rajiv Nagar in Abohar, was under treatment in a private hospital at Sriganganagar. Her platelet count fell to 13,000 yesterday. Another patient Mohan Lal Verma was referred to Ludhiana by the doctors at the Civil Hospital. He died on the way before passing through Abohar. Two other residents of Rajiv Nagar here had died earlier but the municipal council could arrange fogging machine just for a day. While the NGOs claimed that about 800 patients were under treatment at private clinics and civil hospitals in Sriganganagar district, officials put the number at 450.
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Four dengue cases detected
Bathinda, November 13 |
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