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COURTS

Prepare computerised medico-legal reports: HC
Saurabh Malik
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 12
A year after the National Informatics Centre (NIC) said it would develop a software for preparation of post-mortem and medico-legal reports on computers, Justice Rajesh Bindal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it mandatory for the doctors across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to use it. Justice Bindal also set December 3 as the deadline for the purpose.

“Finally, it can be made mandatory for all the doctors to prepare PMR and MLRs on the software from December 3,” Justice Bindal asserted.

Taking up the matter, Justice Bindal also directed the authorities concerned to bring to the High Court’s notice any non-compliance of the court orders for enabling the Bench to initiate necessary action. Justice Bindal also directed that the copy of the order be communicated through email to the courts concerned and the top boss of the police in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.

The development is significant as the court, the prosecution and the defence face problems in appreciating the post-mortem and the medico-legal reports during the trial as these are more often than not penned down in illegible handwriting.

The UT Administration has already told the court that the Government Multi-specialty Hospital has started giving computerised post-mortem reports; and a request for additional staff and funds has also been sent to the UT Administration.

The directions come less than two years after a Division Bench of the High Court asked government doctors in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to find a cure for their illegible handwriting.

The Bench of Justice Satish Kumar Mittal and Justice M. Jeyapaul had directed the issuance of suitable instructions “to the doctors to prepare documents --- medico-legal reports, bed head sheets and post-mortem reports --- legibly and scrupulously, as those documents are exhibited to decide the fate of a case before the court of law”. The development is significant as the court, the prosecution and the defence face problems in appreciating the post-mortem and the medico-legal reports during the trial as these are more often than not penned down in illegible handwriting.

The directions come less than two years after a Division Bench of the High Court asked government doctors in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to find a cure for their illegible handwriting.

Significant order

The court often used to face problems in reading medico-legal reports during the trial

These reports are mostly penned down in illegible handwriting

The practice has already been started in at the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Chandigarh

Two years ago, the HC had asked government doctors to find a cure for their illegible handwriting

Forum issues warrants against Tata Motors officials
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 12
After failing to comply with the orders of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, warrants of arrest were issued against Tata Motors Limited officials, through its Chairman Ratan N Tata (who has been named as one of the respondents) to secure their presence before the forum.

The others, against whom the orders have been issued, include S Sree Raman, General Manager at Customer Service at Tata Motors Limited and Managing Director of Joshi Auto Zone Private Limited, Deepak Joshi.

The warrants have been issued with reference to a complaint filed by a Mohali resident, Chetan Gill, alleging the failure on the part of the respondents in rectifying defects in his car.

The complainant had filed an application citing his dissatisfaction with the services offered. Allowing the application on the basis of facts and figures, the Consumer Forum held that the opposite parties failed to comply with order, therefore, were liable to be punished.

The UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum then issued a warrant of arrest against the parties for ensuring their presence before the forum for passing an order on the quantum of sentence on November 26.

As per the complaint, Gill alleged that the Tata Indigo, purchased by him, from Joshi Auto Zone in Chandigarh, had some problem in the first month of purchase and after lodging a complaint, company officials had examined the car but failed to rectify the problem.

According to the earlier order, which was given by the forum in April 2012, the respondents were directed to rectify the defects and on failure of doing so, they were ordered to refund the entire cost of the car. Further, they were directed to compensate Gill with Rs 50,000.

The forum observed that the car defects had not been rectified to the satisfaction of the complainant and he was sent a compensation cheque of Rs 60,000 only and they did not refund the entire cost.

CRIME

Two booked for selling crackers without licence in Mohali
Tribune News Service

Officials destroy sweets during a raid on a sweets shop at Balongi village on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Mohali, November 12
Two cracker sellers were booked for selling fireworks at unauthorised places today.

In another case two sweets shop owners have been issued show cause notices for unhygienic conditions at their shops.

Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Mohali SDM Lakhmir Singh said he conducted raids on several sweets shops in the area.

“During the raids we noticed very unhygienic conditions at two sweet shops in Balongi village. “Taking action, over 50 kg ‘laddoos’ were thrown out while the both shopkeepers have been issued show cause notices under appropriate Sections”, said SDM Lakhmir Singh.

During the raids, as many as seven illegal cracker sellers were also found, who were selling crackers at unauthorised sites. “They even did not have any permission or licence to sell crackers”, said Lakhmir Singh, adding, that the team confiscated several items from these shopkeepers.

Meanwhile, the police also booked two persons at Phase 1 and Mataur village for selling crackers without taking license from the authorities.

The team also checked the safety measures being taken by the firecracker sellers at the designated sites.

Two held for thrashing policemen
Tribune News Service

Mohali, November 12
The local police claimed to have arrested two main accused on Monday in the case of thrashing of two PCR constables on duty by a group of around 15 youngsters at Phase 3B2 market on October 26.

The accused have been identified as Deepinder Singh (25) and his cousin Harshveer Singh (23), both residents of Phase 7.

Deepinder Singh, who had returned from Australia recently, had allegedly attacked PCR cops Ravinder Singh and Purshotam, along with Harshveer Singh with swords, lathis and baseball bats at around 11.45 pm on October 26 following which Ravinder had to be admitted to the Civil Hospital, Phase VI, Mohali.

In his statement, Deepinder Singh had alleged that eve-teasing was the reason behind the attack.

The accused alleged that the policemen had misbehaved with his fiancée that night. Deepinder’s fiancée Rupinder Kaur, a resident of Phase XI, had also submitted a complaint with the offices of the DGP, SSP and the Punjab Human Rights Commission, alleging that the policemen in question had misbehaved with her that night.

Notably, the police has registered a case under Sections 307, 353, 186, 332, 506, 148, 149, of the IPC at Mataur Police Station. The accused would be produced in the court tomorrow.

One killed in road accident

Chandigarh, November 12
A twenty-four-year-old man died in a road accident today. According to the police, Harpreet Singh, a resident of Dadu Majra, had erected his cracker stall at Badehri in Sector 41 and had gone home to have dinner. The police said while Harpreet was returning he met with an accident near the gurdwara at Sector 38 west. Some passer-by noticed Harpreet’s body at around 3.30 am and informed the police.

The police said Harpreet died due to a head injury and it was yet to be confirmed whether his scooter was hit by a vehicle or there was another reason of his death. The deceased is survived by his wife and a child. A case has been registered in this regard. — TNS

16-yr-old boy held for sodomy, sent to juvenile home

Mohali, November 12
The local police has nabbed a 16-year-old boy of Vaasibahmniya village on the charge of sodomising a 13-year-old boy of the same village today.

According to police the accused, a student of class XI, took the victim, a student of class VIII, near the canal on the pretext of collecting woods. There he forcibly removed the clothes of the victim and sodomised him. The victim said he had raised an alarm following which the accused fled from the scene.A complaint for this was lodged by Jagtar Singh, the father of the victim, who runs a grocery shop in the village. A case has been registered under Section 377 of the IPC and the court has sent him to the juvenile home. — TNS

SPORTS

memorial meet
Yishu, Tuba clinch carrom titles
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 12
Carrom player Yishu Sharma of Moti Ram Arya School, Sector 27, clinched the boys' sub-junior singles crown after defeating Nimitanshu of DAV Public School, Sector 8, by 15-0 and 11-7, in the ongoing Raj Kumar Babuta Memorial Prize Money Carrom Ranking Tournament, which is being held at St Stephen's School, Sector 45, here.

On other hand, in the finals of girls' junior and sub-junior matches, Tuba of St Stephen's managed to register victory in both categories. In the girls' junior (singles) category, Tuba thrashed Gulshan of Government High School, Sector 46, in a one-sided affair by 21-05 and 21-00 while in the girls' sub-junior finals she defeated Manu Gupta of St Mary's School, Sector 46, by 21-04 and 21-06. Players Gagandeep Singh, Mohd Hassan and Mohd Talib scored a white slam each while Saquib scored a black slam.

Results:

Boys' singles (sub-junior)-pre-quarter finals- Sahibpreet Singh bt Saksham Verma by 21-00, 21-00; Nimitanshu bt Abhishek Sharma by13-00, 11-00; Priyanshu Kalra bt Nitin by 00-02, 05-00, 04-00; Chirag C bt Sanklap by 14-09, 18-00; Sajan Ahlawat bt Raghav by 08-00, 08-00; Jayant Malhotra bt Aditya by15-00, 17-00; Yishu Sharma bt Shashank by 21-00, 21-00;quarterfinals-Nimitanshu bt Sahibpreet Singh by 00-21, 09-04, 09-04, Rishu Sharma bt Priyanshu Kalra by13-00, 17-00; Chirag C bt Sajan Ahlawat by 14-03, 17-04; semifinals-Nimitanshu bt Rishu Sharma by10-00, 10-00; Yishu Sharma bt Chirag C by 07-04, 21-03; boys' singles (junior) second round-Talib bt Mukul by 21-00, 21-00; Abhishek Sharma bt Gaurav Arora by12-00, 13-00; Kuldipak Dhir bt Prashant by 17-04, 05-02; Yishu Sharma bt Aditya by 21-00, 21-00; Tasavar Ali bt Ankush Taneja by 20-05, 17-08; Paras Arora bt Lavi Attri by 21-00, 20-00; Gurpreet Singh bt Simran jeet Singh by 15-00, 00-10, 08-07; Saquib Hussain bt Satnam Singh by 21-00, 21-00; pre-quarterfinals:- Ayush Kumar bt Sidharth Khanna by 21-00, 21-00; Arib bt Nimitanshu by11-14, 20-00, 15-07; Mohd. Arish bt Preet Kamal by 21-00, 21-00; Talib bt Abhishek Sharma by 19-00, 21-00; Yishu Sharma bt Kuldipak Dhir by 21-09, 10-05; Tasavar Ali bt Paras Arora by 13-08, 12-11; quarterfinals- Mohd Hassan bt Aayush Kumar by 21-08, 18-04; Arish Hussain bt Mohd Aarib by 21-07, 21-05; Mohd Talib bt Yishu Sharma by16-15, 14-08; Saquib Hussain bt Tasavar Ali by 16-14, 28-01; men's singles second round- Talib bt Arib by 21-11, 25-13; Tasavar Ali bt Shanu Goel by 25-21, 06-22, 25-08; Yishu Sharma bt Deepak Choudhary by 19-06, 25-14; Neeraj Bharti bt Ayush Garg by 25-00, 25-00; Gagandeep Singh bt Paras Arora by 25-00, 25-04; pre-quarterfinals-Mazhar Khan bt Preet Kamal by 25-08, 25-00; Talib bt Sidharth Khanna by 25-00, 25-00; Saquib bt Kuldipak Dhir by 25-13, 21-05; Raj Kumar bt Umeed Ali by 10-20, 25-15, 25-07; Neeraj Bharti bt Yishu Sharma by 25-18, 23-13; Gagandeep Singh bt Tasavar Ali by 25-02, 25-09; girls' singles' (sub-junior)-quarterfinals-Tuba bt Kasaf by 21-00, 21-00; Manya bt Muskan by 14-00, 12-00; Manu Gupta bt Sanya Chadha by 17-00, 15-01; semifinals-Tuba bt Muskan by 21-00, 21-00; Manu Gupta bt Nidhi Gupta by12-06, 07-12, 06-03; finals-Tuba bt Manu Gupta by 12-02, 06-05.