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Chandigarh, September 20
The screening committee, comprising ‘senior and responsible functionaries’, allotted the institutional sites in favour of the institute ‘without following any objective criteria and policy’, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled while upholding the cancellation of 5.75 acres allotted to the Institute of Law by the Chandigarh Administration.

The judgment has put an end to the chapter of allotment of land to the institute. The SC quashed the allotment of land in Sector 38, Chandigarh, to the institute in 2002 on 99-year lease while upholding the Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) judgment in 2005 terming the allotment illegal.

The allotment came under scanner as the land was given to the institute at a throwaway price. In 2004, a Jalandhar resident Neeraj Sharma had filed a PIL in the HC challenging the entire process.

While pronouncing the verdict, the SC also affirmed that the petitioner had the legal right to challenge the allotment in public interest. Sharma had stated that the allotted land’s current market value is over Rs 50 crore but it was granted to the institute on lease at Rs 2.55 crore.

The then Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, BK Roy, and Justice Suryakant had termed the allotment as illegal, unconstitutional and done in a clandestine manner to favour influential directors.

The directors of the institute were Ripjeet Singh Narang, Amarjeet Singh Narang (both sons of a then sitting HC judge), Shailnder Jain, then senior standing council of the UT administration, and Prof VK Bansal, former head of the Department of Law, Panjab University.

Mohali, September 20
The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Mohali, organised the monthly lok adalats at all courts of Mohali, Kharar and Dera Bassi today.

Nine Benches were constituted at Mohali, three at Dera Bassi and two at Kharar. Cases of various kinds, including civil suits and those relating to matrimonial matters, cheque bounce and land disputes, were taken up and disposed of at these courts.

In total, 882 cases were taken up and 297 cases involving a sum of Rs 15,17,88,503 were settled.

Tarntaran Singh Bindra, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, DLSA, Mohali, said the disposal of cases was quite satisfactory.

He said the parties to the litigation were now well aware of the benefits of the lok adalats. They rather waited for these adalats so that their cases might be settled amicably.

Bindra said monthly lok adalats were organised on every last working Saturday of the month and appealed to the public and litigants in particular to avail themselves of the benefits of these.

The matter was settled amicably at the adalats and both parties left the court in a win-win situation. They also saved their time and money. No appeal lay from a decision of the lok adalat. Their court fee was also refunded when they settled their cases. The toll-free helpline (No. 1968) of the Punjab Legal Services Authority was available 24x7.

Panchkula, September 20
Thieves decamped with cash and jewellery amounting to lakhs when they struck at the house of the former Additional Director of the Health Department, Dr Krishan Lal Goel, at Sector 15. It was after the sons staying on the first and second floor noticed that the air conditioner on the ground floor was removed that they got to know about the theft.

Goel was away to his eldest son’s house in Delhi when the incident took place. His second son stays on the first floor of the house and the third son resides on the second floor.

The sons’ family told the police that the ground floor was locked for nearly a month after their parents left for Delhi and they would rarely go to the ground floor. They did not know the exact time when the theft took place.

“It appears that after scaling the wall and taking off the grills, the miscreants took out the air conditioner and then entered the house,” said the Sector 14 police station SHO, Inspector Suresh Kumar.

The police was told by the sons of the victim that Rs 20,000 which was kept in the safe and jewellery was missing.

A case has been registered in this connection.

No CCTV camera was installed on the premises which could give any clue to the police.

Chandigarh, September 20
A city resident has claimed that his servant allegedly stole Rs 2 lakh from his house in Sector 35 on Friday.

The police said Tarun Kalani, a businessman staying alone at a rented accommodation in Sector 35, complained that he had employed Dashrath (25) as a domestic help a year ago. The complainant stated that on Friday, when he returned home in the evening, he found the front door locked. Tarun’s landlord, who stays on the ground floor, told him that Dashrath left the place at 5.30 pm. A carpenter was summoned to open the door. On search, Tarun found Rs 2 lakh missing.

A case has been registered against Dashrath, who hailed from Bihar, at the Sector 36 police station.

Mohali, September 20
Unlike their previous match, Kings XI Punjab attracted a decent crowd during the Champions League T20 tie against Barbados Tridents at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here this evening.

Dancing and cheering for the home side, the spectators enjoyed the high-scoring encounter that saw both sides put up a spectacular show.

“It’s good to spend the weekend watching these stars live in action. The tournament has not seen a good response until now. Today, however, people turned up in good numbers, as during international matches held here in the past,” said Pratibha Singh, who was watching Kings XI Punjab’s second match of the tournament.

Earlier, Perth Scorchers registered an exciting win over Dolphins.

The chair block and terrace block witnessed the highest number of spectators during the match.

Chandigarh, September 20
Rohit Malik beat Sidharth Goel 5-3, 4-2, while Savinay got the better of Arhaan 4-1, 4-1, in the second round matches on the first day of the CLTA-AITA Talent Series (TS-3) Tennis Tournament here today.

In other matches of boys’ singles category, played at the CLTA courts, Navneet defeated Alaam Dhanoa 4-0, 4-0, and Udayveer trumped Viren Gulia with an identical scoreline.

In a first round tie of the girls’ singles category, Bindu Kulhria defeated Shreya 4-1, 4-1.

Other results

Boys’ singles (second round) Aishwaray bt Pranav 4-1, 4-2; Sarbjot Singh bt Divya Tomar 4-1, 4-0; Shashikant bt Ajay Kumar 4-2, 4-0; Bhupender Dahiya bt Sehaj Nangal 4-1, 4-2; Naresh Badgujar bt Mankirat 4-1, 4-0; Shrut Mohan Nargeta bt Tushar Kumar 4-0, 4-0; Gaurav Kumar bt Anav 4-1, 4-1; Dhananjay bt Samarth Suri 4-2, 2-4, 7-5; Jasmol Arora bt Pranay Sharma 4-0, 5-3; Archit Juneja bt Rajdeep 4-2, 4-2; Krishan Hooda bt Ishaan Puri 4-1, 5-3; Abhay Mohan bt Arjun Kapoor 4-0, 4-0; boys singles’ (first round) Pranav Chopra bt Kunal 8-4; Navneet Singh bt Rashbeg Singh 8-1; Aalam Dhanoa bt Sohard Batra 8-0; Sidharth Goel bt Abhinav Bahri 8-0; Viren Gulia bt Raghav Singh W/O; Sehaj Nangal bt Chetanbir Singh 8-1; Jasmol Arora bt Kawan Dev 8-2; Anav Kumar bt Vikramjeet Batani 8-0; Arjun Kapoor bt Arshjot 8-3; Rajdeep Kaura bt Jiwaj Chawla 8-1; Mankeerat Biadwan bt. Ranveer Singh 8-0; Divya Tomar bt Kanwarpreet Singh 8-2; Gaurav Kumar bt Rishi 8-3; Ajay Singh bt Sahil 8-2; Ishaan Puri bt Mayank 8-0; Dhanvijay Singh bt Aryan Arora 8-0; Samarth Suri bt Paras Dogra W/O; Savinay Singh bt Shaurya Banerjee 8-2; Arhaan Pahwa bt Abhijeet Kandel 8-0; Tushar Kumar bt Sarvjeet 8-5; Rohit Malik bt Sumit Batani 8-0; Pranay Sharma bt Sidhant Chugh 8-3; Abhay Mohan bt Arav Singh Gill 8-2; girls singles’ (first round) Anmol Nimrat bt Neha Pal 4-0, 4-0; Shamita Yadav bt Priyanka Khanna 5-3, 4-1; Luvya Lamba bt Dikshita Rana 3-5, 4-0, 9-7; Sohani Makkar bt Muskaan 4-1, 4-0; Anupriya bt Sukhmani 4-1, 4-0; Aditaa bt Vrinda 4-0, 4-0; Amreen Sidhu bt Inayat 1-4, 4-1, 7-5; Bindu bt Shreya 4-1, 4-1.

Chandigarh, September 20
On the opening day of 1st Rama Atray Women Cricket Tournament, the Punjab team defeated Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) by 4 wickets. The match was held at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 26. Batting first, openers of Himachal Pradesh Neena Chaudhary and Nikita Chauhan scored 15 runs in 5.2 overs.

Nikita was caught by Harpreet Kaur off medium pacer Sunaina Saini for 10 runs. Kashish Verma joined Meena and was soon snapped by wicket-keeper Manisha Badhan off medium pacer Diksha Dogra for 6 runs. Skipper Sushama Verma joined Kashish and the duo added 12 runs for the 3rd wicket before Kashish was caught by Sunaina Saini off Harpreet for 4 runs.

On regular intervals, Himachal kept on losing wickets and was struggling at 71 for 8 in 31.2 overs. Sushma was later joined by Sapna Randhawa and the duo put on 57 runs for the 9th wicket in 11.4 overs before Sapna was trapped in front by Mehak Kesar for 20 off 35 balls inclusive of 2 boundaries. Sushma scored 62 off 103 balls studded with 8 boundaries. Himachal innings ended at 137 in 45.2 overs. For Punjab, Mehak Kesar claimed 3 for 28 while Sneh Rana took 2 for 36.

In reply, Punjab fumbled with losing opener Jasia Gul before she could open her account. At this stage, Parveen Khan joined opener Reva Arora and the duo took the score to 60 runs before Reva was caught by Preety for 26 runs. Thereafter, Punjab lost two quick wickets of Anureet Kaur and Parveen Khan. However, Harpreet Kaur finished the game scoring an unbeaten 21 off 47 balls with 3 boundaries. For Himachal, Harleen claimed 3 for 25. Sneh Rana for her all-round performance got the woman of the match award.

Chandigarh, September 20
MBG Government College, Pojewal, defeated PU Rural Centre, Kauni, 2-0 in the opening game of Panjab University Inter-College Volleyball Championship for Men (B-division), being held here today.

The team won the match 25-06, 25-09. In the second league match, Government College, Karamsar, defeated Chandigarh College of Architecture, 2-1, the scoreboard reading 18-25, 25-14, 25-20.

In another match in the same division, GN College, Narangwal, beat GGDSD College, Hariana, 2-0 (25-22, 25-18).

In the other league matches, GN College, Killianwali, beat Government College of Arts, Chandigarh, 2-0 (25-22, 25-20), and Khalsa College, Gardhiwala, defeated Government College, Karamsar, 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-12).

GN College, Narangwal, meanwhile, trounced GN College, Killianwali, 3-0. The final tally read 25-18, 25-14, 25-19.