Chandigarh: HC scales down functioning till further orders

The measures were announced after a meeting of the High Court Administrative Committee with Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda, Haryana Advocate General Baldev Raj Mahajan, UT Senior Standing Counsel Pankaj Jain, Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association President D P S Randhawa, Bar Council Punjab and Haryana Chairman Karanjit Singh, Assistant Solicitor General of India Chetan Mittal and other representatives of the lawyers.

The bail or suspension of sentence matters will be adjourned for short dates preferably within two to three weeks, said the High Court, adding the gate pass of litigants will be restricted and only those will be permitted who have ordered to personally remain present. The Mediation and Conciliation Centre and Lok Adalat have also been ordered to remain closed till further orders.

It has been decided that those who are not directly involved/associated with a matter listed before this court, will not be permitted to enter the court premises, till further orders. The High Court has also requested everyone to not form any gatherings anywhere and to leave the court premises immediately after the work is over.

“This is for the information of the Advocates, litigants and general public that till further orders, the litigants are not required to be personally present in the High Court Premises for hearing of the cases, unless their presence has been specifically ordered,” the order signed by the Registrar General reads.