Chandigarh, May 4 -- The high court has directed the Punjab chief secretary to file an affidavit explaining the persistent delays in providing infrastructure to the judiciary, while noting that facilities for the executive are made available expeditiously.

The bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry was hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on the lack of requisite judicial infrastructure in Punjab and Haryana.

The court took the example of three districts in Punjab, where the government has failed to provide required infrastructure even as districts were formed decades back.

It said that Moga was created as a district in 1995, yet a decision to acquire 76 kanals and 1 marla of land for constructing a n...