Tribune News Service
by Rajindra Sharma
CHANDIGARH, Dec 25 — The Punjab and Haryana High Court is likely to have four new Judges in the next couple of days.
Those who are expected to be elevated to the High Court Bench are Mr A.S. Garg and Mr V.M. Jain, both senior Sessions Judges of the Haryana cadre, Mr Amar Datt, a senior Sessions Judge of the Punjab cadre, and Mr Jagdish Singh Kher, a leading High Court lawyer.
Mr Satya Pal Jain, local M.P. told TNS that he called on the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Union Law Minister, Mr Thambi Durai, yesterday and stressed upon them to nod the appointment of these persons. Both of them assured Mr Jain that these appointments would be cleared in a couple of days.
Mr Jain said he also told Mr Vajpayee and Mr Thambi Durai that more than 1 lakh cases had been gathering dust in the High Court, much to the chagrin of the litigants.
He pointed out that the process of filling vacancies in other High Courts of the country had also been accelerated. The vacancies which have been lying vacant in other High Courts are also likely to be filled shortly. ...
