Jasbir Singh Pays Surprise Visit To Patiala Court

Patiala district court functionaries were in for an unpleasant shock when dressed in casuals, acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Jasbir Singh, reached the court to check the working of judges and employees. What he saw did not go down too well with Singh

While a team of judicial functionaries were detected in their compartments during court hours and a few functionaries had moved on half-day unofficial leaves, others were not present. In a statistically significant way, a munshi (lawyer’s supporter) was detected “helping” a court employee and the working and performance of nine court functionaries was found doubtful.

Accompanying the visit, 3 employees got suspended.

“No court official noticed the high court judge. 9 workers, comprising ahlmad, stenos and judgment writers were detected not doing their duties properly. Three have been positioned under suspension,” said a court functionary.

On Monday, Justice Jasbir Singh reached the district court without providing any information to any court representative. Even the Patiala district and sessions judge was uninformed of the visit.

Misidentifying Jasbir Singh for an ordinary individual, court functionaries carried on with their “casual” actions. Without getting detected, he also visited all courtrooms to ensure whether judges were there during working hours.

Jasbir, who is also the administrative judge of Patiala court, discovered a team of judges to be missing in their courts.

As per sources, the court superintendent was interrogated regarding the unacceptable working of the functionaries. Afterward, the affair was also talked with the sessions judge.