Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday reiterated his demand for a separate High Court for Haryana and set up of an additional bench in south-western districts of the state. The CM, who was speaking at a Students Legal Literacy Mission organised by Haryana State Legal Services Authority at Maharshi Dayanand University, here, said that a separate High Court would be of great help to the people of Haryana.
He also suggested to setup a bench of for south-western region of the state. Khattar said that in Haryana about 1.40 lakh cases and in Punjab 1.25 lakh cases are pending in various Courts, an official statement said. The CM, also, said that Haryana is ahead of Punjab in many aspects but in terms of recruitment of judges the ratio of Haryana and Punjab is 40:60, it said.