High Court Judge
November 2004:Elevated as Permanent Judge to Punjab and Haryana High Court,Chandigarh. During tenure he presided over approximately 6900 cases. [1] June 2009:Retired after attaining age of superannuation.
Pritam Pal | |
|---|---|
| Lokayukta | |
| In office 18, January 2011 –18, January 2016 | |
| President,State Consumer Commission,Chandigarh | |
| In office 2009 –17,January 2011 | |
| High Court Judge | |
| In office 5,November 2004 –2,June 2009 | |
| Registrar General in Punjab and Haryana High Court,Chandigarh | |
| In office 28,January 2002 –4,November 2004 | |
| Haryana Superior Judiciary | |
| In office March 1986 –January 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 June 1947 Kandroli village,district,Haryana,British India |
| Spouse | Maya Devi |
| Children | Sons:Ajay Pal Pritam and Aman Pal Daughters:Dr. Parveen,Sukhda Pritam and Vandana |
| Residence(s) | 665,Sector 11B,Chandigarh |
| Alma mater | Kurukshetra University,Kurukshetra |
| Occupation | Judge |
Justice Pritam Pal was born on 3rd June,1947. After putting 14 years of practice in law,he joined Haryana Superior Judicial Service and remained District and Sessions Judge of various districts. In the year 2002,he was posted as Registrar General and then elevated as permanent Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. On his superannuation,he was appointed as President,State Consumer Redressal Commission,UT,Chandigarh. Thereafter,he was appointed Lokayukta,Haryana.
He recommended action in many high-profile matters involving Ministers,MLAs,builders,promoters and senior officers for committing acts of corruption. In his reports to the Governor,for eradication of corruption,he recommended and suggested introducing compulsory moral education at the school level. He also headed the Monitoring Committee of the National Green Tribunal constituted for the States of Punjab,Haryana,Himachal Pradesh and UT,Chandigarh. Presently,he is Vice-President of DAV College Managing Committee,New Delhi.
He is running Aarshvidya Gurukul at Yagya Shala situated on Ladwa-Indri Road,Kurukshetra,with the main objective of imparting value and character-based education for poor children,affiliated with Haryana Shiksha Board. He has been regularly holding character-building camps for the last ten years along with other social activities,including organizing free medical camps,blood donation camps and mass marriages of poor girls.
He has written three books:Power of Thought in English,Vichar Shakti Ka Chamatkar in Hindi,and Mukti Prapti Ki Vidhi in Sanskrit. Presently,he has undertaken to create awareness about environmental protection and social justice in the State of Haryana. He firmly believes that air,water and land are the three main components of nature,which have been described in our scriptures,i.e.,in Vedas and Gurubani:water as father (Pita),air as guru (Teacher),and land as mother (Mata). His slogan “Development is must but environment and health is first”epitomizes the values by which we all should live.
Pritam Pal practiced as a lawyer for 14 years at District Courts of Karnal and Kurukshetra. This period of legal practice was mainly devoted to the social service,Arya Samaj,and for improving the educational facilities in the area.
In March 1986 he was selected as a member to the Judiciary. Later he joined as Additional District and Sessions Judge.
Districts Gurgaon,Rohtak,Ambala,Yamuna Nagar,Hisar,Mohindergarh at Narnaul,Bhiwani and Faridabad. January 2002 to November 2004:Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
November 2004:Elevated as Permanent Judge to Punjab and Haryana High Court,Chandigarh. During tenure he presided over approximately 6900 cases. [1] June 2009:Retired after attaining age of superannuation.
Appointed and worked as such till 17 January 2011.
Justice Pritam Pal has launched a non-political,but social outfit under the name of “Social Justice front”. Aim of this front would be to fight prevailing corruption,injustice with any individual or any section of society,drug abuse,female foeticide,character building,promote education,and work against various other prevailing social evils weakening the social set up.
Membership for this organisation has been launched. [14]
He is fluent in English,Hindi,Sanskrit,Urdu,and Punjabi.
Pritam Pal has written three books in three different languages. Firstly "Power of Thought" in English and "Vichar Shakti ka Chamatkar" in Hindi. He has written another book "Mukti Prapti ki Vidhi" in Sanskrit.
He is a strict disciple of Arya Samaj,He is running Aarshvidya Gurukul at Yagya shala situated on Ladwa-Indri road,Kurukshetra,with the main objective of imparting value and character based education for poor children,affiliated with Haryana Shiksha Board. He is regularly holding character building camps for the last ten years along with other social activities including organizing free medical camps,blood donation camps and mass marriages of poor girls. He has written three books;‘’Power of Thought”in English,“Vichar Shakti Ka Chamatkar’’in Hindi and ‘’Mukti Prapti Ki Vidhi”in Sanskrit. He was in the news when he donated antique articles to the Kurukshetra University which are now kept in a cultural museum. [15]
Presently,he has undertaken to create an awareness qua the issues of environment protection and social justice in the State of Haryana. He firmly believes that air,water and land are three main components of the ‘Nature’which have been described in our scriptures i.e in Vedas and Gurubani,water as father ‘Pita’,air as guru ‘Teacher’and land as mother ‘Mata’. His slogan “Development is must but environment and health is first”epitomize the values by which we all should live.
For him value of life is the greatest asset of mankind. He lays much emphasis on the character of a person which according to him is the reason and source for our happiness and sorrow. He gives regular speeches to visitors to his Yagyashala and also at the places he visits. His major quotes are shared below: