HC judges, court staff, judicial officers collect Rs 1.5 crore for flood relief

Chandigarh, September 1

The Punjab and Haryana High Court judges, court staff and judicial officers in the region have collected approximately Rs 1.5 crore for flood victims in Kerala.

The amount is in addition to the contribution being made by Bar Associations across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.

The contributions follow an initiative taken by high court Justice Krishna Murari and other senior judges of the high court. Registrar-General Arun Kumar Tyagi said judges resolved to contribute Rs.10, 000 each in ‘Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund’ at a Full Court meeting.

Judges also resolved that all the District and Sessions Judges, other judicial officers, High Court and Subordinate Court employees, members of High Court Bar Association and District Bar Associations in Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh would also be asked to make voluntary contributions.

Tyagi added the Chief Justice and other judges have contributed Rs 5,10,000, while the Registrars and Officers on Special Duty of the High Court Registry contributed Rs. 1,19,000. Other officers and employees of the high court volunteered to contribute a day’s salary. All the judicial officers and subordinate court employees in Punjab and Haryana and Chandigarh also volunteered to make similar contributions.

Tyagi added extensive damage to public and private property has paralysed normal life of millions of people. The task of rehabilitation of the affected and re-development of the infrastructure required huge resources. In this need of hour, the members of legal fraternity were sharing the pain and agony of the people of Kerala and extended their solidarity and support to them.