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Beant assassination case: order to end trial by Oct 31
Our High Court Correspondent

Chandigarh, July 16
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Special Judge conducting trial in the Beant Singh assassination case to finish the trial by October 31.

Taking up the petition filed by Navjot Singh, one of the accused in the case, Mr Justice K.S. Garewal also ordered that in case the trial is not finished by October 31, the bail plea of Navjot should be considered.

In his petition, Navjot, who is lodged in Burail Model Jail for the past many years, had sought bail on the ground that since the end of the trial was nowhere near, he should be granted bail.

The case will come up on November 5.

Suspension of lawyer’s licence revoked
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 16
The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana has revoked the suspension of the licence of advocate Siddharth Sanwaria.

The council had suspended Mr Sanwaria’s licence on July 7 following his failure to appear before it in connection with a complaint regarding professional misconduct. The suspension order was passed ex-parte on a complaint by a convict undergoing life imprisonment in Jind jail. He had accused Mr Sanwaria of taking Rs 1 lakh from him in the name of a High Court judge.

After Mr Sanwaria submitted an affidavit before the council, it revoked the ex-parte order.

Mr Sanwaria clarified that the complainant was not his client and he had not file a bail application on his behalf, what of to talk of demanding Rs 1 lakh from him.

Remand for two
Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 16
A local court today remanded in 12-day judicial custody Punjab Mandi Board General Manager (Marketing) Sikandar Singh and State Transport Commission Senior Assistant Vijay Kumar, who were arrested while allegedly taking bribe in separate raids by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau from their respective offices in Chandigarh on July 13.

The accused will now again be produced before a special court in Roopnagar on July 27 as per the orders pronounced orally in an open court by Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate Poonam Ratti.

They were produced before the court here this afternoon after the expiry of a two-day police remand granted by a local court on July 14.

CULTURE

Neeta to enact short stories
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 16
Amritsar-based theatre actress Neeta Mohindra will reappear on the stage of Tagore Theatre after a long time. A performer par excellence, she has long been associated with famous film-makers and theatre directors like M.K. Raina, who is also the director of her latest production, “Buhe Barian”.

Based on the short stories of four eminent Punjabi writers representing different eras, the play has been designed to trace the gradual change in Punjabi language and its flavour, and also portray the roles women have had to assume over the changing times. In Chandigarh today, Neeta talked about her own transformation from one play to another, and about the concept behind “Buhe Barian”, which is all about enactments of stories.

“We decided to work on the theme long ago. M.K. Raina gave me the choice to select stories that I thought would be best translated in the medium of theatre. Out of the many shortlisted stories, I finally selected those by Amrita Pritam, Kartar Singh Duggal, Ajit Caur and Veena Verma. Somewhere these stories provide linkage in terms of the obligations of women over the ages, as also their suffering. They are all representative of women’s concerns. We plan to produce plays on 25 such stories,” she said.

Beginning with Harpal Tiwana, Neeta has achieved many a credit. She is also featuring in former news anchor Shashi Kumar’s first film, “Kaya Taran”, which was screened for the first time in Delhi yesterday. Sharing screen space with actress Seema Biswas, Neeta plays the main lead in the film that develops in the backdrop of 1984 riots against the Sikhs.