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5.29 lakh cases pending in state: Justice Mittal
Districts to get CM-Window for grievance redressal
Chandigarh issue to be resolved through dialogue: CM
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Political, civil top brass wield the
broom
Intense lobbying on for board, corporation chiefs, members
Madhogarh fort to be made tourist attraction
Robbery bid: National-level wrestler among 5 held
Finance Minister puts state’s debt burden at
Rs 81,000 crore
Bail-jumpers attack raiding party; DSP hurt
Trader robbed by men posing as tax officials
Court employee commits suicide; judge booked
2 booked for minor’s gangrape
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5.29 lakh cases pending in state: Justice Mittal
Kurukshetra November 1 “We have set a target to dispose at least 75,000 cases and besides these cases we will try to resolve another 3 lakh petty cases which are pending with various departments and were on at a pre-litigation stage,” he said. “Every litigant has the right to quick justice but the warring litigants are the reason behind the delay in pronouncing judgment. In most of the cases, delaying tactics are adopted. Many times the witness retract due to passage of time and if we insist on an early date, the bar association calls for a strike,” he said. In Haryana there are only 43-45 cases that are over 20 years old and around 200-250 that are between 15 to 20 years old. Similarly, 500 cases are 10-15 year old while the cases that are between 5-10 years are below 15,000. Almost 90 per cent cases in Haryana are decided within 5 years, he pointed out. He also directed the CJMs and the secretaries of the District Legal Services Authorities of 10 districts to attend a meeting being by the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) centre, Kurukshetra regarding the National Lok Adalat. Haryana is a leading state in providing judicial infrastructural facilities. No other state has court complexes and residential houses for judges. We have 48 judicial complexes in 21 districts. There is a court at every 15 km and many infrastructural related projects are in the pipeline.”
“The judges have only 1,500 cases each and we want to bring it down to 1,000. Very soon 119 new judges will be appointed in Haryana and a new court will be setup in Shahabad while a gramin adalat will come up at Ladwa,” he said. Lok Adalat disposes of 84 cases
Kurukshetra: As many as 84 cases of the 289 taken up with mutual consent were disposed in a Lok Adalat organised by District Legal Services Authority at the District Court Complex here today. Besides these, four other cases were settled. Sumit Garg, secretary, DLSA, and CJM Sumit Garag said 18 cases under the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in which compensation of Rs 59.18 lakh was awarded. District and Sessions Judge Lalit Batra presided over the Lok Adalat. |
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Districts to get CM-Window for grievance redressal
Chandigarh, November 1 Khattar launched the CM-Window at Faridabad to coincide with the state government’s flagship week-long ‘Swachh Haryana-Swachh Bharat’ campaign to realise the BJP’s dream of providing “minimum government, maximum governance” to the people. “Under the initiative, a CM-Window would be set up at every district headquarter and people would also be able to submit their complaint at the district-level and would not have to travel to Chandigarh for the redressal of their grievances,” official sources said here today. In fact, a system is being put into place to monitor complaints at the state headquarters. A time-frame for the redressal of the complaints would also be set so district-level officers are also put under a scanner, a source said. During the 10 years of the Hooda regime and previous regimes, redressal of grievance became a casualty against the backdrop of unbridled bureaucracy at the state and district levels. In fact, this led to strong anti-incumbency sentiment against the Hooda government, resulting in the BJP storming to power in the state on the promise of good and transparent governance. The sources said the initiative was part of the good governance mechanism promised by the BJP in its manifesto. Khattar had also gone on record saying good governance was his priority and launch of the CM-Window is being viewed as the first step in that direction. Reaching out
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Chandigarh issue to be resolved through dialogue: CM
Chandigarh, November 1 Impressed with the performance, Solanki announced Rs 3 lakh for the artistes. Asked to comment on the statement made the other day by Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh, the Chief Minister described Haryana and Punjab as brothers and said the issue of Chandigarh would be resolved through dialogue. On plans to curtail expenditure, Khattar said there was neither any need for preparing any such a plan nor issue any circular. Curbing wasteful expenditure should form part of people’s nature and life-style. Asked about the debt of ~81,000 crore and the compensation of ~7,000 crore as CST pending with the Centre, he said the matter would be taken up with the Centre. On the agenda for the Vidhan Sabha session beginning November 3, he said this would be the first session of the 13 Assembly in which oath would be administered to the MLAs. The Speaker would also be elected. Remission for prisoners
The CM also announced special remission for prisoner on the occasion. He said convicts, who had been sentenced for a period of 10 years or above would be granted remission of 90 days, those sentenced for five years or more, but less than 10 years would be granted remission of 60 days and convicts sentenced for two years or more but less than five years would be granted remission of 45 days. Also, convicts who have been sentenced for less than two years would be granted remission for 30 days. He said the remission would not be granted to those on bail on the day of granting this remission. He said no remission would be granted to persons convicted of rape, dowry death, abduction, murder of a child below the age of 14 years. All prisoners convicted by civil courts of criminal jurisdiction in Haryana but undergoing their sentences in jails outside Haryana, would be entitled to the grant of remission. |
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Political, civil top brass wield the
broom
Chandigarh, November 1 In Chandigarh, the drive was led by Additional Principal Secretary-II to the Chief Minister Rakesh Gupta and Director General of Police (CID) A.K. Dhull from the CM’s residence. Gupta administered a pledge to all the officers and employees to spread the message of sanitation and cleanliness. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Kavita Jain led the campaign in Sonepat by sweeping a road in Sector 14. Sonepat MP Ramesh Kaushik and DC Samir Pal Srow were prominent among those present on the occasion. In Sirsa, the drive was led by Sirsa INLD MP Charanjit Singh Rori, MLA Makhan Lal Singla and the VC of Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Radhe Sham Sharma. The launching of the campaign started from the general hospital where doctors, nurses and a large number of Dera Sacha Sauda volunteers also joined the dignitaries for the drive.
In Fatehabad, DC Rajiv Rattan led the cleanliness drive while BJP MLA Subhash Barala led volunteers in Tohana. The drive was launched in the police lines, general hospital and several other places in Fatehabad. All senior bureaucrats led by Jind DC today picked the broom and he along with several senior officers were seen cleaning the roads while others were busy clicking pre and post- cleaning photos to prove the effectiveness of the drive in their respective areas. Jind district had been divided in 50 zones and senior officers had been deputed as in- charge of various zones. Besides, the district administration, the traders union, readymade garments association, main bazar shopkeeper association of Jind city, Punjabi Kalyan sabha participated in the drive. Minister of State for Food and Supplies Karan Dev Kamboj started the campaign in Karnal and Indri, while MLA Harvinder Kalyan launched the campaign in Gharaunda and MLA Bakshish Singh in Assandh. Kamboj even carried a canister of garbage on his head, besides sweeping the streets of the city. Officials, employees and residents also participated in campaign. In Thanesar, MLA Subhash Sudha started the campaign. She said with the help of the people, Kurukshetra would top the state in area of cleanliness. Kurukshetra DC Nikhil Gajraj said “An action plan has been prepared for this drive. As many as 419 villages and city wards have been divided in clusters with each cluster comprising five to seven villages.” With inputs from BS Malik, Bijendra Ahlawat, Sushil Manav, Parvesh Sharma and Parveen Arora
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Intense lobbying on for board, corporation chiefs, members
Chandigarh, November 1 Following the state’s first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government,
party cadre is upbeat over the prospects of being appointed chairman and members of boards and corporations besides other bodies at the state district and block levels. With former pracharak Manohar Lal Khattar
in the chief minister’s chair, prospective candidates are using sangh connections to land
prime posts. Sources confirmed a substantial number of party leaders, who played a major role in the recent victory, would be “adjusted” against prime posts for their “services” to the BJP
and the RSS. The selection of the chairmen and members would be finalised
by Khattar in consultation with the central and state leadership after the conclusion of the Vidhan Sabha Session on November 5. In fact, after the first expansion of the Cabinet shortly, certain MLAs
not getting the ministerial berth or chief parliamentary secretary ranks could be adjusted as the chairmen of certain boards
and corporations. Over the years, the boards and corporations in Haryana have become the parking place for the politicians belonging to the ruling party. While during Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s tenure, retired bureaucrats also find place on these boards
and corporations, the Bharatiya Janata Party government is expected to nominated party leaders to these posts. Chairman and members of the boards and corporations enjoy a lot of privileges, including salaries, and these bodies
have been used by the successive governments to rehabilitate the ‘rejected’ politicians and other party leaders. The Khattar Government yesterday ordered all the political chairman and members of the boards and corporations to stop functioning and asked the administrative secretaries concerned to function as chairman till further orders. Decision after Nov 5
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Madhogarh fort to be made tourist attraction
Mahendragarh, November 1 It is believed that the Madhogarh fort, located on the Mahendragarh-Satnali road, was built
more than 500 years ago by Maratha emperor Madhoji Rao. Sharma directed the officials to prepare a blue print to develop it as a centre of attraction so that it could attract domestic and foreign tourists. He assured them of providing all help for developing the fort on the pattern of other forts in the country. “Aravali hills of Madhogarh and Rajavaas villages in Mahendragarh are unique and fascinating. Hence, the development of Madhogarh fort will be instrumental in boosting tourism in South Haryana,” Sharma said. The construction work would be initiated soon after the blue print is prepared, he added. Earlier, the minister launched Volvo bus service from Chandigarh to Jaipur by flagging off a bus from the Mahendragarh bus stand. “This bus will start from Chandigarh and reach Jaipur, passing through Rohtak, Dadri, Mahendragarh and Kotputali. It was a long-pending demand of the people of this region,” he said. Sharma also directed the roadways officials to ply direct buses for Delhi from Mahendragarh so that locals did not face any problem in travelling to the national capital. More roadways buses would be plied on other routes in the coming days, he said. Historical value
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Cleanliness drive brings no cheer to Fatehabad
Fatehabad, November 1 Residents allege that the Public Health Department has been allowing the sewerage content of the town to pour in the low-lying areas near their houses. From here, the content goes into another sewerage system and from there it is dumped outside the town. However, it takes some time and till then the sewage content is allowed to flow in the open, making life impossible for the residents. “Mosquitoes and flies breed in the stagnant content and results in the spread of diseases like malaria, typhoid, dengue and several others,” alleged Satish Goyal, a resident. Ramesh Sachdeva, whose agriculture fields are situated on the outskirts of the colony, alleged that sewerage water had destroyed his crop many times. “Last time, I lost my wheat and this time on October 29, fully ripe paddy crop was damaged due to flooding of the fields with filthy water,” Sachdeva alleged. He said the standing crop on nearly 100 acres had been damaged this time and neither the municipal committee nor the Public Health Department was taking responsibility for it. SS Poonia, Sub Divisional Officer, Public Health Department, could not be contacted. Residentspeak
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Robbery bid: National-level wrestler among 5 held
Hisar, November 1 The accused were identified as Ravinder of Sasrana village, Anil, Manjit and Sandeep of Gurana village, Ram Niwas of Samain village. Ravinder is a BA-III student in Jat College,
Hisar. An aspiring singer, he is taking music classes in a private school in the town. He reportedly revealed to the police during interrogation that taking coaching was expensive, so he had planned to loot an ATM to make his dream come true. He roped in his friend Ram
Niwas, a wrestler who has played at the national level. However, he had to quit the game due to injuries. They then roped in more youths, including Anil, who wants to be an engineer. “They have no previous criminal record. They plotted the robbery about 15 days ago and carried out a recce of ATMs in
Narnaund. They pooled in money to purchase items such as plastic gloves, black spray to blacken the CCTV and two iron rods to break open the machine,” said the police. The police said when they were trying to break the shutter of the ATM, ASIs Virender Kumar and Sanjay Kumar, head constables Sanjay, Sandeep and Baldev nabbed them. They recovered the items that they were going to use in the robbery. |
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Finance Minister puts state’s debt burden at
Rs 81,000 crore
Rohtak, November 1 “The present BJP government led by Chief Minister Manohar Lal is working on a fast-trial clearance scheme that envisages provision of all sorts of clearances through a single window with a view to accelerate the pace of the manufacturing sector,” he said. The minister said the state government would make efforts to create a favourable atmosphere for growth of commerce and industry. He alleged that due to the misdeeds of the previous government, the state was passing through a massive financial crisis. “As of now, the state is under a mammoth debt of about Rs 81,000 crore,” he said. The Finance Minister said several cases of financial irregularities had come to their notice, adding that the state government would bring such cases in public domain and take legal action against those responsible. In response to a query, he said the state government would adopt a rational approach on the toll-tax regime. |
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Bail-jumpers attack raiding party; DSP hurt
Hisar, November 1 As the police party reached the house, the occupants attacked the police party with bricks. One of the bricks hit Samota, resulting in a deep injury to the head. The DSP was taken to the Civil Hospital
where he was given medical aid. The accused also got into a scuffle with other cops in the police party in a bid to escape, but were overpowered. Kuldeep Gurjar and Sonu are accused in a case under the Arms Act. The police also recovered stolen goods from their hideout. They have been arrested and booked. |
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Trader robbed by men posing as tax officials
Fatehabad, November 1 Parveen Bansal, proprietor of a cloth shop on Dharamshala road in Fatehabad, was returning after purchasing clothes from Rohatak when his car was stopped by three youths in a car near Maharaja Agarsen Medical College, Agroha. Introducing themselves as Sales Tax officials, the youths asked for purchase bills of the clothes. Bansal and his salesman Rajesh Kumar became suspicious of their conduct and sought their I-cards. However, the youths took out pistols and forced them to accompany them to a link road where they were robbed of their belongings, including the vehicle. They gave the trader Rs 500 so he and Rajesh could catch a bus to reach home. Satbir Singh, SHO of Agroha Police Station, said a case had been registered, but the police has not found any clue.
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As many as 5.29 lakh cases are pending in 48 subordinate courts of Haryana, revealed Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge SK
Mittal. Justice Mittal, who was in the city today, said, “A national Lok Adalat will be held on December 6 in all the courts across the country and that will help cut down on the pending cases.”
he political and administrative top brass of the state wielded the broom on Haryana Day under its week-long Swachh Haryana-Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan. CM Manohar Lal Khattar led the cleanliness drive in a slum in Faridabad where he exhorted the people to make it a mass movement as cleanliness was a challenge for the government and the general public. Everyone should come together to make the drive a success and to realize the dream of ‘a clean India’ of Mahatma Gandhi.
The state government has decided to develop the historical fort at Madhogarh village in the district as a tourist centre to preserve it and generate employment avenues as well.
Ram Bilas Sharma, Tourism and Transport Minister, disclosed this while interacting with mediapersons today. He, along with a team of administrative officials, visited the fort and took stock of the site.
It is believed that the Madhogarh fort, located on the Mahendragarh-Satnali road, was built
more than 500 years ago by Maratha emperor Madhoji Rao.
