HIGH COURTS
File reply in SDO murder case, Punjab
told
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 19
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the state of Punjab to file an affidavit giving details of the action taken on the report of Faridkot’s District and Sessions Judge prepared after the father of a murdered Sub-Divisional Officer alleged that the prime accused in the case got himself hospitalised during the trial owing to his relationship with two Punjab ministers. In a letter addressed to the High Court, Bimal Kumar Kaushal of Gurbax Colony in Patiala had earlier claimed that his allegations regarding the accused remaining in hospital for eight months were proved true by the Sessions Judge after he conducted an inquiry into the matter. Giving details, he had stated that accused Gurpreet Singh, close relative of Punjab ministers Gurdev Singh Badal and Sujjan Singh, was admitted to Government Hospital in Faridkot with the connivance of jail authorities. Going into the background, he had alleged that his son, Ashwani Kumar, was murdered by Gurpreet Singh, working in the same department as junior engineer, in conspiracy with three others. He had added that all four were sentenced to life imprisonment by Ludhiana’s Additional Sessions Judge on May 26 last year. Directing the filing of an affidavit, Mr Justice R.S. Mongia and Mr Justice K.C. Gupta of the High Court fixed April 30 as the next date of hearing in the case. Notice to Punjab on road completion
On a petition filed by two MLAs, Ranjit Singh Chajalwadi and Inderjit Singh Zira, seeking directions to the state of Punjab to complete the construction of roads in Khadoor Sahib and Zira constituencies, Mr Justice N.K. Sodhi and Mr Justice R.C. Kathuria of the High Court today issued notice of motion to the respondents, including Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, for July 26. Claiming the condition of the roads to be “poor”, the MLAs, in their petition against the state of Punjab, the Deputy Commissioners of Ferozepore and Amritsar, besides two other respondents, had earlier stated that the same had not been laid even though the project had been sanctioned. Their counsel had added that Mr Chajalwadi was considered to be an opponent of the Chief Minister and as such the latter was misusing his official machinery to settle political scores. Plea against MLA’s win dismissed
Mr Justice V.S. Aggarwal of the High Court dismissed a petition for setting aside the elections of Mr Udai Bhan from the Hasanpur Assembly constituency. Challenging his election, Mr Jagdish Nayar of Hodal tehsil in Faridabad district had claimed that Mr Bhan was not entitled to contest the poll as he had not taken oath as an independent candidate. He added that Mr Bhan’s nomination papers as the INLD candidate had been rejected. Directive to SDO on election
Directing the Sub-Divisional Officer of Jind to hold an election to the managing committee of SD Senior Secondary School by May 27, Mr Justice M.L. Singhal of the High Court today directed the publication of notices in two newspapers asking the general public to enroll themselves as members of the electoral college after paying the requisite fee. Pronouncing the orders, Mr Justice Singhal also directed the countersigning of the receipts by the SDO. He also directed that the “election will be subject to the result of the regular second appeal”. In his detailed order, the Judge ordered: “Advocate A.B. Singh Wasu will be the election observer. The SDO shall intimate the date and the time when he will hold the elections to advocates Harsh Kinra, Sudershan Goel and A.B. Singh Wasu, so that they are able to reach there and see the election to the managing committee taking place”.
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