Hry, Pb demand separate HCs, to send proposals to Centre: Khattar

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that Haryana and Punjab have demanded the setting up of a separate High Court for both the states and regarding this, both the States would duly send their proposals to the Union Home Ministry.

While interacting with the media after attending the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts organized by the Ministry of Law and Justice at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Khattar said that the demand for setting up a separate High Court for Haryana has been made in the joint conference.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann also demanded the setting up of a separate High Court for Punjab, said Khattar.

At the Conference, the CM also demanded the setting up of a separate High Court for Chandigarh also.

He said that during the conference, Haryana also demanded that the selection of judicial officers in the state should be done through the Haryana Public Service Commission. Notably, for some time, the selection process of judicial officers in Haryana is being done by the High Court.

The CM informed that detailed discussions on a total of seven pivotal agendas were done during the Conference. In the Conference, satisfaction was expressed towards Haryana in terms of budgetary allocations made for court infrastructure. Furthermore, Haryana's suggestion of linking the e-system of courts with the revenue statement was also termed very useful.