Chandigarh, April 6 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday sought details on the working strength of law officers in the district courts of Punjab and Haryana.

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry, while taking suo motu note, observed that how can judicial work function smoothly due to such shortage.

The cognisance taken after the April 2 visit of the administrative judge of Sirsa district from the high court reported that a total of 22 courts are functional in Sirsa. As many as 12 law officers (assistant district attorneys) have been appointed, of whom 2 officers are posted in Ambala. Thus, effectively only 10 officers are available to deal with cases being listed in 22 courts, it noted.

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