Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh,India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Permanent Judges and 21 Additional Judges including Chief Justice. As of 27th April 2022,there are 47 Judges working in the High Court,comprising 41 Permanent and 6 Additional Judges.
The High Courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each State and Union Territory of India. However,a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of pecuniary,territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters,if so designated specially by the constitution,a state or union law.
Vettath Balakrishna Eradi was a Judge of Supreme Court of India. He also served as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and as President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) and the Chairman of Ravi &Beas Waters Disputes Tribunal. Eradi was also noted for his role in several spiritual,cultural,and social organizations.
Harjit Singh Bedi is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
The Government of Punjab,also known as the State Government of Punjab or locally as the State Government,is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive,led by the Governor of Punjab,a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Randeep Singh Surjewala is an Indian politician from Haryana and a member of Indian National Congress party. He was an MLA in the Haryana state legislature until 2019 and a former minister. He held water supply and sanitation,parliamentary affairs,electronics and information technology,science and technology and public works as a minister in Haryana cabinet. In 2005,he was given the responsibility of Transport and Parliamentary Affairs and thus became the youngest minister in Haryana. He defeated Om Prakash Chautala in 1996 and 2005. As of December 2017,Surjewala is one of the official spokespersons of Indian National Congress party,and as of September 2021,is a General Secretary of the Indian National Congress and Party in-charge for Karnataka. In the biennial elections of the Rajya Sabha for the State of Rajasthan,held on 10th June,2022,Mr. Surjewala was elected as a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha,with his term to start on 5th July,2022.
Sukhdev Singh Kang was the fourteenth Governor of Kerala from 25 January 1997 to 18 April 2002. He served as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 19 February 1979 till 23 October 1989 and was subsequently promoted and transferred as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court,a post he held from 24 October 1989 to 14 May 1993. During his tenure E K Nayanar and A K Antony were the Chief Ministers of Kerala. Following his stint as the Governor of Kerala,he was appointed a member of the National Human Rights Commission 1993. He then retired.
Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy was born on 13 May 1947 to Mr. Koshy who was then Principal of the Brickfield Higher Secondary School in Malaysia. Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy is the chairman of Kerala Human Rights Commission. He was Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Justice Koshy was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court following the elevation of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu as Supreme Court Judge. Appointed as Permanent Judge in 1996,Mr. Koshy was the Executive Chairman of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority.
The Panjab Digital Library is a voluntary organization digitizing and preserving the cultural heritage of Panjab since 2003. With over 38 million digitized pages,it is the biggest resource of digital material on Panjab. There are many historically significant documents stored and made available online. Its scope covers Sikh and Punjabi culture. The library funded by The Nanakshahi Trust was launched online in August 2009. Its base office is located at Chandigarh,India.
Mahesh Mittal Kumar is chairman of National Company Law Tribunal,since the body came into force. He served as 31st Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Vinod Kumar Bali was the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal,Principal Bench,New Delhi and was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.
Sukhda Pritam is an Indian judge,presently Chief Judicial Magistrate. She remained as Joint Member Secretary,Haryana State Legal Services Authority in 2020-21. She also remained Deputy Registrar (Judicial) for two years at National Green Tribunal,Delhi. She is Judicial Magistrate First Class from Haryana Cadre,and she was earlier posted as Additional Civil Judge (Sr.) Division cum Judicial Magistrate in District Courts Sonipat since 19 April 2016. Her Father Justice Pritam Pal is a retired High Court Judge and was later appointed as Lokayukta of Haryana,from which he retired on 18 January 2016. She was transferred and promoted from her earlier place of posting at Chandigarh to Sonipat on 13 April 2016.
Ravinder Singh Dhull is a politician of the State of Haryana,India. He is currently serving as Legal Advisor to Congress Legislative Party,Haryana headed by Leader of Opposition Haryana Chaudhary Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He was appointed to the post on 9 June 2021. He is former Additional Advocate General for the State of Haryana and remained posted in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He is former State Media Penalist for Bhartiya Janta Party,Haryana. Earlier he has served as State Spokesperson for the Indian National Lok Dal from August 2014 till June 2019. His father Parminder Singh Dhull served as two time Member of Legislative Assembly of Haryana from Julana constituency in Jind District. His grand father Chaudhary Dal Singh was a noted politician of the area and six time M.L.A. from District Jind. He resigned from the office of Advocate General Haryana during the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest on 20 October 2020 in protest of the controversial three farmer bills being passed by the Parliament of India.
Jawahar Lal Gupta was a former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.The High Court,headquartered at Ernakulam,is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.
Ashok Bhan is an Indian Judge and former Justice of the Supreme Court of India.
Amit Rawal is an Indian Judge of the Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam,Kochi.
Justice R. S. Mongia (1940-2017) was the Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court and Chairperson of Punjab State Human Rights Commission.
Tarun Agarwal is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.
Kuljit Singh Nagra(born August 31,1965) is an Indian politician. Currently he is Member of the Legislative Assembly of Fatehgarh Sahib since 2017,and associated with the Indian National Congress. As a professional,he is an Advocate in Punjab and Haryana High Court and a Member of High Court Punjab and Haryana Bar Association Chandigarh.
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