Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice SK Kaul on Saturday exhorted lawyers to never let court’s work get hampered as there were many other ways to stress their point.
Justice Kaul while addressing the members of Bar Association in District Court Complex at Gurgaon said there was no issue, which could not be resolved through negotiation. He felt that though the lawyers worked to make their livelihood, yet it being a public service, they should try to provide relief to the people.
Justice Kaul was in Gurgaon to inspect the lok Adalat held as a part of the National lok Adalat organised in all courts of the country on Saturday. He went around various courts in Gurgaon Court Complex and enquired from the Judges about the number and kind of cases they have settled today in the lok Adalat.
The District and Session Judge of Gurgaon Dr Shekher Dhawan apprised the Chief Justice that 16,787 cases had been settled be various courts of Gurgaon from September 1, to till date, including Saturday’s lok Adalat by reaching compromise between the parties. An amount of Rs 1,32,78,410 has been pronounced under the head of compensation and fine recovery which was appreciated by the Chief Justice.
On the demand of Gurgaon Bar Association, Justice Kaul also granted permission for construction of temporary pota cabins for lawyers in place of sheds erected by them in the Gurgaon court complex with the condition that they would not resort to encroachments. He said Gurgaon should have a new modern court complex befitting the status of Cyber City, the name by which Gurgaon was known world over. He said new Court Complex and Chamber for lawyers should be constructed simultaneously so that the practicing lawyers did not face hardship later on. He added he would take up this matter with the State Government so that construction was started at the earliest possible.