No less than 2,33,000 pending matters, including matrimonial and property disputes, cheque-bounce cases and labour matters, were taken up by 429 Lok Adalat Benches during the National Lok Adalat organised across the state.
The District Legal Services Authority held a Lok Adalat pertaining to all types of cases (except non-compoundable criminal cases) in the district here today. As many as 28 judicial Benches, including 17 in Patiala, five in Rajpura, three in Nabha and Samana each, were constituted.
Nearly six years after former Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s relative Akansh Sen was crushed to death under the wheels of a BMW car in Sector 9, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today allowed suspension of sentence plea filed by Harmehtab Singh, alias Farid, during the appeal&rsquo
No less than 54 per cent of the 660 inmates interviewed during the course of a study in 24 jails across Punjab alleged custodial violence in police custody. At least 12 per cent of the total prisoners interviewed also alleged custodial violence in prisons. Incidents of smuggling were alleged by inma
No less than 54 per cent of the 660 inmates interviewed during the course of a study in 24 jails across Punjab alleged custodial violence in police custody. At least 12 per cent of the total prisoners interviewed also alleged custodial violence in the prisons. Incidents of smuggling were alleged by