Why Should State Exchequer Bear Z+ Security Expenses: P&H HC Allows Navjot Singh Sidhu To Appear Through Video Conferencing
While hearing a petition filed by Navjot Singh Sidhu for quashing the order of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana ordering him to appear in person for adducing pre-summoning preliminary evidence, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered for his appearance through video conferencing. The single bench of Justice Arun Monga, taking note of the facts and the rules on video conferencing, quashed the order of the CJM, Ludhiana requiring physical presence of Sidhu. Naturally, the movement of the petitioner from jail to the Court would, therefore, cause a huge loss of the State exchequer and it would also cause inconvenience to the general public in the Court premises, inasmuch, as not only the prior sanitisation of the entire Court premises would be required but in certain areas movement to be cordoned would cause hurdle in the public movement for the duration the petitioner will have to remain in Court campus." Case Title: Navjot Singh Sidhu v. Balwinder Singh Sekhon and Another Case No: CRM-M-49763-2022 Coram: Justice Arun Monga Citation: 2022 LiveLaw 281
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