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Dera Bassi waits for court complex for 4 years
Parmod Mehta

A view of advocates’ booth at Tehsil in Dera Bassi. Tribune photo: nitin Mittal

DERA BASSI, MARCH 25
Residents, litigants and lawyers of Dera Bassi have been facing harassment due to the absence of a Judicial Complex here. The lawyers and litigants have been demanding a separate Judicial Complex for the smooth functioning of court work. Currently, the judicial work is being carried out under the roof of administrative complex for temporary basis for past four years. Though efforts had been made to find out the suitable place for the construction of this complex but these could not succeed till now. The problem of traffic on the approaching road for courts and parking of vehicles was also rising day by day along with the difficulties for the smooth functioning of judicial work.

As per information, three places had been identified for the purpose. One at Devinagar village which is situated near national highway and easy accessible for the people and one site was identified at Dhanouni village near new grain market which falls on the side of city but the law department had not given its consent to one site out of these sites. The SDM Dera Bassi, Rajesh Tripathi, said that the proposal of the three sites had been sent to the law department for further action. The authorities would proceed according to the consent of law department.

Earlier, the law department had deposited over Rs 6 crore for getting land for the construction of courts complex and it was situated near dumping site of city. Later, the lawyers and other people had objected on the same land because some part of this land was found the land of choe in the record of the revenue department. They feared the flooding if construction was done on this choe land. Raising the objection on this land, a PIL was also filed in the High Court and the efforts of finding suitable land could not be successful. President of the local Bar Association, advocate Mukesh Gandhi, and former president, Anmol Singh, have demanded that the Judicial Complex should be constructed on the suitable place soon. They preferred the site near Devinagar village, which was easily approachable for the people and situated in the open area.

Former president of the Bar Association Jaspal Singh said early solution of finding land for the construction of courts complex should be found and disputed land should be avoided for this purpose.

Litigants and lawyers have been facing problems of sitting and putting the records due to congested place, he added.

Sikh scholar remembered
Our correspondent

Ambala, March 25
A member of National Commission for Minorities and former Supreme Court Judge, Mahinder Singh, spent over three hours in the cemetery of Ambala Cantonment to locate the grave of a former British army officer and a great Sikh scholar, Joshep Dean Kalingham.

Talking to media persons, here today he said that he had definite information that the Sikh scholar was buried in the cemetery of Ambala Cantonment but the grave could not be located following the intensification of bushes and poor maintenance of grave yard.

He disclosed that the scholar had died at Ambala in 1949 when he was posted here.

He said that Kalingham was scholar of English and Gurmukhi and for the first time he had translated Guru Granth Sahib in English language.

He had also done several literary works on Sikh history. He said that he would again visit this area to locate the grave of Sikh scholar. The detail report would be submitted to the minority commission in this regard, he added.

Woman dies, husband injured in road mishap
Our Correspondent

Lalru, March 25
A woman was killed while her husband received injuries in a road accident near Handesra on Saturday evening on the Naraingarh-Ambala road. The accident occurred when an ASI of the Haryana police, Suresh kumar and his wife Geeta Rani, residents of Jandli village district Ambala, were going on motorcycle to Ambala side and a truck from same side hit the couple’s motorcycle. Geeta died on the spot and Suresh injured.

Suresh was admitted to the Civil Hospital, Ambala.

Geeta’s body handed over to her relatives after conducting the postmortem examination.

The police has registered a case against truck driver who fled from the spot and the truck involved in the accident has been traced.

2 more youths succumb to their injuries
Their motorcycle had collided with a bus
Our Correspondent

Kalka, March 25
The two youths, who were admitted to a hospital after they had sustained serious injuries in a road accident on Saturday, succumbed to their injuries today.

As per information, the accident took place on NH-22 opposite white house in Pinjore at around 2 pm, when three motorcycle-borne youths in an attempt to overtake a vehicle collided with a Haryana Roadways bus coming from the opposite direction.

Sukhwinder, alias Luckh (18), a resident of Dharampur, Ghatiwala Colony, Pinjore, who was riding the bike, was rushed to the Kalka Civil Hospital yesterday, where doctors had declared him brought dead. The other two victims were rushed to the GMCH Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. The two, identified as Manjit, alias Kalu (16) of Bitna Seuri, Dharampur Colony, and Lovely (16) resident of Ghatiwala, Pinjore, succumbed to their injuries today.

Driver of the bus Sat Narain, who tried to flee the spot, was arrested. A case has been registered against the driver. The bodies were handed over to the families after an autopsy.

	Asav beats Chiraz in U-12 final qualifying round Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 25 Local lad Asav Kumar defeated Chiraz Singh in the final qualifying round of boys (U-12) category during the CLTA-AITA championship series tennis tournament for boys and girls (U-12 and 14) being held at CLTA tennis courts here today. During the first round match of the main draw, Chiraz went down against Asav in straight sets 6-4 while Abhimanyu Rozra of Haryana beat Abhiuday Singh 6-0. In other matches of the same category, Vipul Mehta of Delhi defeated Arjun Grover of Haryana 6-1. Another Delhi lad Ayush Deswal defeated Rishi Raja Bhai from Uttar Pradseh 6-3. Results Lakshay Gupta bt Gaurav Kurva (AP) 6-5; Saurav Kalkal (DLI) bt Tanik Gupta (MP) 6-0; Asav Kumar (CHD) bt Chiraz Singh (CHD) 6-4; Eshaan Lumbia (MAH) bt Savneet Bajwa (PB) 6-2;Ishan Seth (UTK) bt Wangal Lama (WB) 6-0; Boys(U-14): Aditya Singh (RAJ) bt Sanket Tomer (DLI) 7-3; Rohan K Reddy (AP) bt Eshwar Dakshin (TN) 7-4; Udyan Sachdev bt Ramanjot Singh (CHD) 7-5; Sanjeet Singh Ahuja (DLI) bt S Alan Roddik 7-1; Rishabh Sharma (CHD) bt Himanshu Mor (HAR) 7-2; Calvin Golmei (MAN) bt Chaitanya Kapila (DLI) 7-2 ; Danish Ahmad (DLI) bt Heman Nama (KAR) 7-0; Jagdeep Singh Bajwa (CHD) bt Sidharth Singh (RAJ) 7-5; Girls (U-12): Shreya Gulia (HR) Sanjana Modi (MP) 6-1; Jhanvi Rajpal (MP) bt Kalyani Singh (UP) 6-1; Neeru (HR) bt Sukhmani Singh (CHD) 6-0; Kiran Kalkal (DLI) bt Kriti Arora (UTK) 6-1; Chelsea Stephen (KAR) bt Khusbee Kaur (CHD) 6-0; Ananya Bhargav bt Vedafilofia Singh (CHD) 6-0; Akshita Tandon (CHD) bt Rhythm Aswal (DLI) 6-0; Muskan (DLI) bt Nehmat Sandhu (CHD) 6-1. Girls(U-14): Agrima Sharma (DLI) bt Aspreet Kaur (PB) 7-4; Seerat Sidhu (CHD) bt Kavya Gupta (PB) 7-2; Mahak Jain (MAH) bt Vaidika Ananad (DLI) 7-4 ; Ruchapudi Prathyusha bt Anmol Prashar (CHD) 7-0; Ridhi Ramesh Sharma bt Komaljeet Kaur (CHD) 7-2; Jannat Bedi (CHD) bt Ayushi Verma 7-2; Jannat Khurana (PB) bt Ankita Hoon (DLI) 7-2; Astha Malhotra (CHD) bt Aarzoo Chaudhary (CHD) 7-2.
	Aadil makes it to British Junior Masters Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 25 Eleven-year-old golfer Aadil Bedi created history after making it to the British Junior Masters to be held in Scotland in May this year. Aadil achieved the feat at a competition held at the Royal and Ancient Golf Course, one of the oldest golf courses in the world. Around 300 golfers from 65 countries are expected to vie for the upcoming international cup. A student of Vivek High School, Aadil booked his place in the prestigious cup after winning laurels at various national and international competitions last year. According to information, this is the sixth time Aadil will participate in an international tournament. The international tournaments he had earlier participated in include Callaway World Cup at California, USA, True Vision Junior Golf Match at Thailand, Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship, India, and Albatross International Junior Golf Tournament, India. Aadil presently holds the top rank in the national junior golf circuit conducted by IGU. “I am working on the putting stroke and chipping shot using the help under video cameras and am all set to compete in the international tourney. I have played over 100 matches and hopefully will make use of my experience,” said Aadil. His coach, Jesse Grewal, says, “He is a natural player and is working hard on his swing, short game, and putting. He will surely bring laurels to city.”
	Adhhyan wins boys U-16 title Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 25 Tennis player Adhhyan Singh defeated Sachit Malhotra to lift the boys (U-16) title in the ongoing Chandigarh Club open lawn tennis tournament being held here today. In the final match of the category, Adhhyan outplayed Sachit in a three set clash 0-4, 5-4(5) and 4-2. On other hand, the boys (U-14) title went to Raunaq Singh who defeated Abhay Sarna 4-2 and 4-0. Sahishnu Sharma won the boys (U-12) category after defeating Dhruv Sharma (4-0 and 4-2) in the final. Results (semi-final): Boys (U-14): Raunaq Singh beat Mehul Bansal 7-2; Abhay Sarna beat Abhi Uday Singh 7-2; boys (U-12): Sahishnu Sharma beat Akshit Chhabra 7-2; Dhruv Sharma beat Vaibhav Sahni 7-2.
	SJOBA RALLY Suresh, Ashwin win Gypsy event Chandigarh, March 25 Covering a total distance of 540 kilometres of challenging and adventurous hilly terrain in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, the ongoing 25th SJOBA Sub-Himalayan rally concluded on a exciting note here today. The rally reached at finish point of St John’s School, Sector 26, here this evening. In the challenge rally, a total of 51 contestants out of 63 completed the full track. The final results would be announced tomorrow. Earlier, results of the first leg of the event were declared with Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik leading the chart in the Gypsy category and Udai Bir Sidhu and Simran Sangha winning in the car category. Rajan Sidhu won the top honours in the bike category. The prize distribution ceremony will be held at Chandigarh Club tomorrow. — TNS