Archive for January 6th, 2008

Computers a luxury at district courts

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Chandigarh: In this age of hi-tech gadgets, typewriters continue to rule the district courts. Stenos continue to work on age-old typewriters in almost all courtrooms there.

However, those deputed with sessions and additional sessions judges seem to enjoy the privilege of having computers at their disposal.

Currently, there are around 50 computers at the 19 courtrooms of the district courts. Fifty more are needed to streamline working.

While the scheme to introduce computers at the courts was announced in January, 2006, they only arrived here around six months ago.

The court staff have to grapple among among themselves to use the only available computers in each courtroom.

Most of the computers are with judgement writers, while readers and stenos have to work on typewriters.
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Kids stage satirical play

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Chandigarh: The winter camp organised by the Go Bananas Club for city kids concluded at Museum Hall, Sector 10, here today.

Kids staged a satirical play ‘Karishma Ka Kutta’. Members of Chandigarh Lions (ICL) - Dinesh Mongia, Karanveer Singh, Harpreet Singh, Gaurav Gupta and Bipul Sharma - were the chief guests, who interacted with kids.

Anu Vala, director of the club, said, “We organised a number of activities like dance, theatre, yoga and games like chess and carrom etc. We also organised visits to radio station, where the kids got a chance to interact with RJs and even record their voices, and to Air Force station, where they saw fighter planes and helicopters closely.”

Source: TNS

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Judicial remand for 3 accused

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Café Firing

Chandigarh: A local court today remanded three accused of firing shots at a coffee bar, Barista, in Sector 35 on December 22 in judicial custody.

Sources in the police said the team of the special crime investigation cell, which nabbed the accused on Saturday, had later recovered the .32 bore revolver used in the crime.

The weapon was sealed and handed over to officials at the Sector 36 police station who are investigating the case.

Sector 36 police station SHO said the accused, Harkirat Singh, alias Badal, of Phase X, Mohali, Rahul Dev of Ekta Vihar, Baltana, and Gurpreet Singh Chahal of Baryali village, were sent to jail by a local court.

He said the matter was under investigating and efforts were on to trace the remaining accused.

Source: TNS

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