Chandigarh, March 1
The Special Lok Adalat organised at the District Courts today ended a property dispute between a brother and two sisters, which was pending for the past eight years. The lok adalat settled the matter and brought together all family members.

Besides this case, a total of 8,582 cases of different categories were disposed of at the lok adalat organised at the District Courts on Saturday.

Of the total cases, 156 were settled under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act. In MACT cases, a compensation of Rs 20,50,000 was awarded. In execution petitions, an amount of Rs 3,13,64,678 was disbursed to the petitioners/claimants.

In about 7,791 traffic challans, Rs 18,19,000 were imposed and realised as fine. Besides this, about 786 civil cases, rent cases, labour cases, and other categories of cases were also disposed of.

In this lok adalat, 28 benches were constituted in which cases of different categories like motor accident claim cases, matrimonial cases, civil cases, civil appeals, compoundable criminal cases, cases U/S 125 CrPC, rent cases, executions, cases U/S 138 NI Act, complaints, bank cases, telephone company cases, revenue cases, labour and consumer cases, traffic challans and cases pertaining to prelitigative stage, etc., were taken up for settlement.

The Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court present at the venue appealed to the public to resolve their disputes through the lok adalats as they provide quick and economical justice.

Chandigarh, March 1
The Crime Branch of the Chandigarh Police today arrested three persons for allegedly snatching a mobile phone in Sector 41 on February 9.

The three accused were identified as Parveen Kumar, Ram Kishan and a juvenile, all residents of Dadu Majra Colony.

The accused allegedly snatched the mobile phone from Narinder Kaur, a resident of Sector 41.

The police said the stolen mobile phone had been recovered from the accused. The two-wheeler used in the crime had also been recovered.

The juvenile accused was produced in the Juvenile Court from where he was sent to the Juvenile Home, Sector 25. The two accused will be produced in the court on Sunday.

Chandigarh, March 1
In a major breakthrough, the Crime Branch of the UT police arrested five-members of an inter-state gang, including two women, and recovered construction shuttering plates that were stolen on the intervening night of February 27 and 28 from different sectors.

Discussing the spurt in burglary and snatching cases, DSP (crime) Jagbir Singh said, “Acting on secret information, a police team laid a nakka at the Sector 38 (West) light point. Kishan Kumar, resident of Sector 56; Muksood a resident of Sector 29; Arjun Kumar, a resident of Kajheri, besides Poonam and Nirmala, both residents of Dadu Majra complex, were arrested.”

Singh said, “At the time of arrest, the accused persons were in the possession of shuttering plates and high-voltage electricity cable, which they had stolen from areas under the jurisdiction of Sector 36 and 34 police stations.”

“The accused were carrying the stolen material in two vehicles at the time of arrest”, police stated.

The accused - Kishan Kumar, Poonam and Nirmla - have been involved in several crime cases. Earlier, they were involved in drug peddling, added Singh.

“Accused Kishan Kumar used to carry out a recce in various sectors during the day and strike at night,” he added.

All the accused were produced in the court which sent accused Kishan into two-day police remand, while accused Nirmla and Poonam were sent in one-day remand and accused Arjun and Maksood in 14-day judicial custody. 

Chandigarh, March 1
Local rallyists bagged top honours during the 12th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm, which concluded in Jaipur today. The six-day marathon motorsport event was flagged off from Delhi on February 24. It ended after covering about 2,200 kilometres over the Thar Desert.

Chandigarh’s Sunny Sidhu finished first in Rally Xtreme, while another local rallyist Varun Davessar bagged runners-up spot in the same event. Dhiraj Arora from Chandigarh finished second in Rally Ndure. He was the navigator for Pratap Thakur.

There were 55 teams in Rally Xtreme and 35 teams in Rally Moto (both categories based solely on fastest timing). In addition, there were 35 teams in Rally Ndure and 25 teams in Rally Xplore (both based on the time-speed-distance format). — TNS

Chandigarh, March 1
Around 19 veteran athletes won medals in the 35th Master’s Athletics Championship concluded recently in Jaipur. The championship was organised by the Masters Athletics Federation of India. A total of 30 veteran athletes took part in the event.

Results

Men: Davinder Singh (40+) silver in 10,000m and 500m; Naresh Kumar Dalla (40+) silver in 110 m hurdle; Satminder Singh (50+) gold in high jump, silver in long jump; Jasvir Singh Kalsi (5+) bronze in 200m; Mohinder Singh (70+) silver in 800m; Cheta Singh (60+) silver in triple jump; Lachman Dass (65+) gold in shot put; Dalijit Kumar Saggar (75+) gold in discuss throw and javelin throw; Gurcharan Singh (80+) bronze in 5000m and gold in 5km walk

Women: Rajni Bala (40+) gold in 400m; 400m hurdle race; bronze in 100m; Raj Rani Nayyar (75+) bronze in 400m; Vidya Wati Sachdeva (70+) gold in 1500m and 800m; Santosh Mehta (65+) silver in 5km walk; Santosh Malhan (55+) gold in 5km walk; Paramjit Kaur (65+) silver in shot put; Amarjit Kaur (55+) gold in 400m hurdle race, bronze medal in 5km walk; Sunita Rani Malik (40+) gold in 5,000m race, 1500m, 5km walk; Sukhwant Choudhary (40+) silver in javelin throw; Paramjit Skaur (65+) silver in relay race 100X4.

Chandigarh, March 1
Local senior badminton coach Surinder Mahajan (retired) was honoured by the Chandigarh Badminton Association, here.

Surinder, who has worked with the Sports Authority of India as national badminton coach and as chief technical advisor of the Chandigarh Badminton Association has produced many international badminton players.

MC Sethi, president of the Chandigarh Badminton Association, and TPS Puri, vice-president, Badminton Association of India, felicitated Surinder and gave him Rs 51,000 and a memento.

Express Shuttle Club also honoured Mahajan with a cash prize of Rs 21,000. 

Chandigarh, March 1
Bodybuilders Nakul Kaushal and Vineet Marwaha won the titles of Junior Mr Chandigarh and Mr Chandigarh Classic Bodybuilding Championship, respectively, during the Mr Chandigarh Bodybuilding Championship.

The competition was organised by the Chandigarh Bodybuilding and Physical Sports Association. 

Chandigarh, March 1
Dutch professional tennis player Van Der Duim won the DLF-ITF Men’s Futures $10,000 Tennis Tournament at the tennis courts of Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA), Sector 10, here today. The 26-year old player registered 7-5, 6-3 victory over the Indian contender, Vishnu Vardhan.

Duim hit 11 aces, while Vardhan smashed seven aces in the final. After facing tough resistance from Vardhan in the first set, Duim bounced back strongly and attained 7-5 victory. In the second set, the Dutch player, with his impressive serves, got an edge over Vishnu. He dominated the match and took a 4-0 lead. Vishnu won the next two games, but, however, could not make it to the victory path. Antal Van Der Duim got 18 ATP points and $1,440, while Vishnu Vardhan earned 10 ATP points and $848.

The patron-in-chief, CLTA, Rajan Kashyap, and president of the CLTA Jai Singh Gill gave away the prizes to the top-positions holders.