Governor Banwarilal Purohit has hit back at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for writing him a letter regarding the repatriation of UT Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Chahal, stating that the CM was not apprised of the issue by his top officers.
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Saurabh Malik
Chandigarh, May 24
Just about three months after the Punjab and Haryana High Court made clear its intent to speed up cases involving sitting and former parliamentarians and legislators of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, it was today told that no less than 191 cases were pending in the two states and the union territory.
Out of the total, 163 cases were pending against sitting and former MPs and MLAs in Punjab. In Haryana, 21 cases, including eight against ex-MLAs of the state and two against ex-MLAs of Himachal Pradesh, are under trial. Three cases registered in Haryana had been transferred to the CBI, Chandigarh. As many as 15 out of the total were pending before the trial courts. Another six cases are pending before the appellate/revisional courts.