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High Court sets up panel for
couples seeking security
WSN Network
CHANDIGARH:
This is
the sign of the times. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has
constituted a committee comprising Home Secretaries and senior
advocates to evolve a mechanism for redressing the grievances of
runaway couples and their parents. The committee will consist of the
Advocates General of Punjab as well as Haryana, standing counsel of
Chandigarh, apart from Home Secretaries of the two states and also
the Union Territory.
The Haryana
Advocate General being the senior most would act as the convener of
this committee. The High Court has also proposed to include senior
ad- Singh vocates Rajinder Cheema and M.L. Sarin and advocate Rajiv
Godara as members. Recently, Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia had
directed the states to evolve a “compassionate mechanism” to redress
the grievances of the couples and the parents, and had directed the
Home Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to inform the
court about the system they wanted to develop.
Till the
committee submits its report, the High Court has ordered to stay the
proceedings in cases registered against couples before the court.
The protection to the married couples granted earlier would
continue. The move to set up the committee comes in the wake of the
High Court taking notice of a rising number of cases involving
newlyweds against the wishes of parents.
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July, 2008
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