Tribune Press Service
Chandigarh, 14 August
The Superior Court of Punjab and Haryana ordered an initial investigation through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to report on the lifestyles and operation of illegal and unauthorized checkpoints near certain mining sites in Ropar.
“Public servants have performed their duties”
Taking into account the report’s findings, we are liable to prosecute public servants for breaching their obligations under the provisions of the 1957 Act. Mining and Minerals (Regulation and Development) – High Court of Justice
The Judiciary ordered the initiation of an action in accordance with the legal procedure on the basis of the final results of the initial investigation. “The result/action taken will be communicated to this court on the next hearing date,” the Court added. The investigation comes less than six months after Punjab’s condition denied the lifestyle of checkpoints or illegal barriers.
“Taking into account the report’s findings, we are eligible to prosecute the officials concerned, who have failed to comply with the provisions of the Mines and Minerals Act 1957 (regulation and development), and have no supremacy or rule of law,” the Judiciary said. Judge Jaswant Singh and Judge Ashok Kumar Verma.
The directive came after the House took into account the “established circumstance”, the position of the state and its government and the size of the anarchy involved.”
Referring to the report, the panel stated that it had established the lifestyle and operation of illegal and unauthorized checkpoints through personal persons without any legal authority in places “with such an illegal checkpoint even near a police station.”
In setting the case for the first week of September, the panel said it had no explanation as to why it doubted the report, backed by photographs and video clips presented through the secretary of the Legal Services Authority of the Clothing District.
In his report, CJM-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Ropar, Harsimranjit Singh, stated that he had interacted with local residents, passers-by and truck drivers revealing his identity. They unanimously demonstrated that no truck with sand and gravel could cross the emissions by paying royalties.
The judicial officer invited to interfere at a hearing prior to the state prosecutor’s office’s complaint about the lack of illegal detentions and barriers near the “highly controversial” mining sites through the Mansur Ali Council on behalf of petitioner Bachittar Singh.
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