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The court’s absorption comes amid heightened concerns pursuing an incidental connected 22 September 2024, wherever a miscreant grabbed the limb of the judge’s idiosyncratic information serviceman and aboriginal changeable himself. (Express Archives/ Representational Image)
The part seat of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that the information item of a sitting judge, some wrong and extracurricular Chandigarh, beryllium instantly changed from Punjab Police to either Chandigarh oregon Haryana Police personnel. This determination follows a recent information lapse at the Golden Temple successful Amritsar, wherever a miscreant attempted to bargain a 9mm pistol from the idiosyncratic information serviceman (PSO) of the judge.
In the bid passed past week, the Bench observed, “It is good known that large-scale lapses connected the portion of investigating agencies successful the State of Punjab were exposed by assorted judicial orders passed by the learned Judge since past 12/24 months. This Court, thus, deems it due that the information unit dealing with information of the learned Judge ought not to beryllium members of Punjab constabulary force, but either of UT Administration oregon of State of Haryana.”
The Bench ordered that the unit “manning information of the learned Judge wrong and extracurricular Chandigarh shall instantly beryllium changed from Punjab Police to constabulary unit belonging to either UT Administration oregon the State of Haryana. Let UT Administration/Haryana Police comply with this absorption and record compliance study earlier adjacent day of hearing.”
The adjacent proceeding is scheduled connected October 1.
The tribunal besides sought suggestions for due investigating officers from the UT medication and Haryana authorities to behaviour investigations related to the caller information incidents.
The court’s absorption comes amid heightened concerns pursuing an incidental connected 22 September 2024, wherever a miscreant grabbed the limb of the judge’s idiosyncratic information serviceman and aboriginal changeable himself.
The Bench noted that “the miscreant stole 9 mm pistol from holster of PSO of the learned Judge and ran towards entranceway of
the Golden Temple with imaginable intent to harm the learned Judge, but his advancement was thwarted by the said PSO, who tried to retrieve his pistol from the miscreant and successful the scuffle that followed, the miscreant changeable himself
in the head.”
The deceased was aboriginal identified arsenic Hariprasad by hismother Lakshmi Anandhan, nonmigratory of Mahalingapura, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. His post-mortem volition beryllium conducted aft the accomplishment of his family.
The Bench further impleaded Union of India done Secretary, Home Affairs, and the State of Haryana done its Home Secretary parties to this petition.
Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India, appearing done video conferencing, “assured each imaginable assistance wrong 4 corners of law.”
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