IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R. No. 8026 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: December 09, 2010 Banta Singh. …Petitioner Versus Sant Singh and others. … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be Allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. N.S. Dandiwal, Advocate. for the petitioner. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) Present petition is filed challenging the order dated 15.11.2010 passed by learned Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Moga, whereby evidence of the plaintiff-petitioner was directed to be closed. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that on the date as fixed by this Court or by the learned Trial Court, entire witnesses shall be produced before the learned Trial Court for examination and no adjournment shall be sought. C.R. No.8026 of 2010 Learned Single Judge of this Court in the matter of Prem Lata Vs. Ram Sarup reported in 2005(4) RCR (Civil) 423 placing reliance on judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the matter of Batala Machine Tools Workshop Co- op. vs. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Gurdaspur has held that matter can be disposed of at the stage of admission without any notice to the opposite party, because if the respondent is summoned to contest this litigation, it may involve huge expenditure and unnecessary harassment and delay of the proceedings. In the opinion of this Court, present matter can be disposed of at the admission stage without any notice to the respondent. This Court is of the further opinion that issuing notice to the respondents shall cause unnecessary delay in the disposal of the matter pending before the learned Trial Court, hence, this Court proposes to decide this petition without notice to the respondents. In the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, keeping in mind, the golden rule that none should be given walk over and lis between the parties, as far as possible, should be decided at its own merit after affording sufficient opportunities to both the parties to place on record entire evidence and material, this Court direct that learned Trial Court shall fix a date for the purpose of plaintiff-petitioner’s evidence. On the date so fixed, plaintiff-petitioner shall 2 C.R. No.8026 of 2010 produce all the witnesses before the learned Trial Court for examination. If, for any reason, examination is not complete on the date so fixed, then learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to hold day-to-day trial or fix any future date, which is convenient to the Court. However, it is made clear that no further adjournment shall be granted to the plaintiff- petitioner. Petitioner shall pay Rs.5,000/- as costs to the respondents herein before the next date so fixed by the learned Trial Court. If respondents feel aggrieved from this order, they shall be at liberty to move this Court for recalling of the order. Petition shall stand disposed of accordingly. December 09, 2010 ( Alok Singh ) vkd Judge 3