COURTS

Golf Club to use FDs to follow SC order
Will submit 50 pc lease rent amount in High Court in the form of fixed deposit
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 30
The Chandigarh Golf Club will use its fixed deposits (FDs) to comply with the Supreme Court direction to submit 50 per cent lease rent amount before the Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC).

Golf Club president BS Gill said they will use the club’s hard-earned FDs and will submit them before the High Court in the form of FD, he said.

The Supreme Court had directed the club to deposit 50 per cent of the amount within three weeks as directed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The club management had moved the apex court challenging the orders of the High Court.

On July 19, the Deputy Commissioner had asked the club to deposit lease rent of Rs 8.59 crore for the period March 2008 to March 2014 within 15 days, failing which the premises would be sealed.

The club had submitted that the UT Administration should fix the lease amount on the pattern of that of the Delhi Golf Club. The Delhi Golf Club pays less than Rs 6 lakh per annum as lease rent, whereas the UT Administration is demanding Rs 1.68 crore from the Chandigarh Golf Club for the year 2013-14. Moreover, the Delhi club sprawls over 179 acre while the Chandigarh Golf Club is spread over 132 acre. The value of the Delhi Golf Club land is much higher than that of Chandigarh, the club had submitted.

Lok adalats settle 396 cases in a day
Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 30
As many as 396 cases, involving a sum of Rs 31.51 crore, have been settled in a single day in Lok Adalats, held by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Mohali, today in all courts of Mohali, Kharar and Dera Bassi.

A total of 1,449 cases were taken up before the 12 benches, specially constituted (six at Mohali and three each at Dera Bassi and Kharar).

Giving details, Tarntaran Singh Bindra, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, DLSA, Mohali, said the cases being taken up and disposed of by the courts were of all kinds, including civil suits, matrimonial, cheque bouncing, land disputes, etc. “In total 1,449 cases were taken up and 396 cases involving a sum of Rs 31,51,07,861 were settled. These cases were decreased from the pendency of cases in court,” TS Bindra said.

He added that three Additional District and Sessions Judges, posted at Mohali, could not hold lok adalat today because of the ongoing computer training at the Chandigarh Judicial Academy. “Despite that the number of disposal of cases is quite satisfactory. The parties to the litigation are now well aware of the benefits of lok adalats and they rather wait for these adalats so that their cases may be settled amicably,” the judge said.

Notably, lok adalats are being organised on every last working Saturday of the month.

The general public and litigants, in particular, should avail the benefits of lok adalats as matters here are being settled amicably, thus saving time and money, TS Bindra added.

“We also have a toll free helpline (number 1968) of Punjab Legal Services Authority, which is available 24X7 and can be dialed at the time of necessity,” he said.

Time and money saver

Insurance firm penalised
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 30
United India Insurance Company Limited has been directed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to pay Rs 20,27,056 as assessed by the surveyor along with interest and Rs 15,000 as cost of litigation to the complainant company.

Savikar Plyboards Limited, SCO 43, Madhya Marg, Sector 7, the complainant company, that deals in export of furniture and handcraft, alleged that it had taken an open insurance cover from the opposite party to secure the risk of all types of furniture and other allied items whilst in transit from anywhere in India to anywhere in the world.

The complainant alleged that for one export shipment, a truck was booked for carrying the consignments containing 27 packages from Chandigarh to New Delhi.

The consignment was loaded on the truck. Later, at a parking, the truck caught fire due to short-circuit in the electricity wire passing over it and the consignment was burnt.

Intimation about the incident was given to the opposite party and the claim was assessed. Allegedly, the insurance company paid the claim to the truck owner equivalent to the loss incurred but lingered on the decision on the actual claim of the complainant. Later, it was repudiated.

The opposite party said after the occurrence of the incident, the cause of loss was not established as claimed by the insured. It was further pointed out that the truck was left unattended by the driver and there was a gross negligence on the part of the insured in this regard.

“The opposite party illegally and arbitrarily repudiated the claim of the complainant on the basis of the Investigation Report, which was not correct. Repudiation of the claim clearly amounted to deficiency, in rendering service, and indulgence into unfair trade practice,” the commission ruled.

CRIME

Hoshiarpur man posing as ASI held
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, August 30
The police have arrested a Hoshiarpur resident for impersonating an ASI and threatening the Principal of Government College for Girls, Sector 14, here today. Harpreet Singh, a resident of Hoshiarpur, was arrested on the complaint of Manju Singh, a college teacher.

In her complaint to the police, the teacher alleged that Harpreet Singh had approached her in context of visiting the college premises. On visiting the college, Harpreet sought a backdoor admission to a girl student.

In her statement, the complainant alleged that when they turned down his request, Harpreet started threatening her and the college Principal while claiming to a be an ASI. Thereafter, he even threatened her on phone, the teacher alleged.

Acting on her complaint, the police laid a trap and arrested the accused this afternoon. A case under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC was registered against him at the Sector 14 police station.

9 vehicles seized from vehicle lifters’ gang

Panchkula, August 30
The CIA staff of the district police claims to have busted an interstate gang of vehicle thieves with the arrest of a minor girl and five others. The police said Vineet Gautam and four other occupants of a Verna car were arrested after a long chase in Trivedi Camp village on the Ramgarh-Mubairkpur-Bhankharpur road late on Thursday night. The police have also seized nine vehicles from their possession.

The accused were produced before a local court and were remanded in police custody for nine days.

Pramod Kumar, in charge, CIA staff, claimed to have arrested Sanjay, a resident of Zirakpur; Daljit Kaur alias Rani of MS Enclave, Ayasha of Burail in Chandigarh, Vineet Gautam, Shubham and Arun, all from Zirakpur, for lifting luxurious cars.

He said the police had laid a trap to nab the gang after a Tata Safari, owned by a judge, was stolen recently.

The gang was active in Haryana, Punjab and neigbouring states for the past some time. During questioning, the accused confessed to be active in car theft incidents in the tricity, Pramod said.

Similar cases were also registered against them in Chandigarh and Mohali, he added. — TNS

Woman’s purse snatched
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 30
Two motorcycle-borne miscreants sped away after snatching a purse of a woman in Sector 47 here. The victim, Sudesh, a resident of Sector 47, said the accused who were wearing helmets snatched her purse containing Rs 500, a mobile phone and other documents near the Post Office.

However, she failed to note down the registration number of the motorcycle.

A case has been registered at the police station in Sector 31 in this regard.

SPORTS

Solo challenge national championship
City biker Mohit finishes fastest in Round 1
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 30
Biker Mohit Verma of Chandigarh finished overall fastest after round one (motorcycles category) of Solo Challenge National Championship, held near Sarangpur village. He achieved the feat by riding the bike at maximum speed of 150 kilometers on a 9.2 km track with 23 turns.

Round two of the championship will be held at Jaipur in November. The final round will be organised on the Formula 1 racing track at Buddh International Circuit, Noida, in January 2015.

Mohit, riding a KTM 390, clocked an overall timing of 445.925 seconds in the Motorcycle category of the event. Rajan Sidhu of Ludhiana, also riding a KTM 390, clocked 448.23 and ranked second. Vijay Parmar, riding a KTM 450 EXC, clocked 448.386 seconds to finish third. These competitors were in the Moto Group-A category, which comprises imported bikes only. Deepak Madan of Chandigarh, riding a Yamaha RX 135, was fourth, clocking a timing of 463.206 seconds. A total of 108 races were held today, with 46 competitors from various parts of the region. Each competitor was allowed a maximum of four races, and his best timing was chosen for the final result calculation.

In Moto Group-B (imported bikes with Indian components), Mohit Verma ranked first (412.479); Deepak Madan was second (467.267), Gurjinder Singh was third (472.698 seconds), Rajan Sidhu was fourth (486.17 seconds) and Baljeet Singh was fifth (494.666 seconds). In Moto Group-C (fully indigenous motorcycle over 165 cc), Mohit Verma ranked first (408.043 seconds), Umang Saxena ranked second (469.991 seconds) and Rana Pratap ranked third (524.986 seconds) while in Group-C (Fully indigenous motorcycle up to 165 CC), Deepak Madan ranked first clocking 463.296 seconds. Rupinder Singh ranked second (489.528 seconds), Vanshu Arora ranked third (499.114 seconds), Baljeet Singh was fourth (503.909 seconds) and Umang Saxena ranked fifth with 509.074 seconds. In Moto Group-C (up to 135 CC), Deepak Madan ranked first (468.778 seconds) and Afnaan ranked second (505.812 seconds).