Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association rejects move to Sarangpur

The Bar Association’s resolution emphasized two key points. Firstly, the High Court shall not be shifted to Sarangpur or any other alternative site under any circumstances.

Secondly, the Bar Association shall make every possible endeavour to secure the de-reservation of the adjoining forest land and to ensure the extension of the High Court at its present location.

The resolution further said, “the Bar Association strongly believes that the continuation of the High Court at its present site is in the best interest of the legal fraternity, litigant public, and the administration of justice.”

The resolution further directed that copies be sent to the Chief Justice and Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Union Law Minister, the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana, and the Administrator of U.T. Chandigarh for their consideration and necessary action.

Chief Justice Sheel Nagu had recently sought a formal resolution from the Bar Association on this issue during an ongoing court hearing to discuss ways to address the growing space constraints on the premises of the high court.

The UT administration has been pushing for relocation of the premises to Sarangpur on the outskirts of the city. In the court hearing last fortnight, additional solicitor general Satya Pal Jain had placed on record his unhappiness with the UT administration’s “slipshod” response to the proposals by the Bar to extend the court infrastructure. Jain told the bench that a way forward was possible “if there is will.” To this, CJ Nagu had quipped, “Where there is will there is a way.”

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