Chandigarh, Nov. 22 -- Jostling with space crunch at the existing facility, a committee, constituted to work on an expansion plan for the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC), has recommended the construction of three new blocks on a 11.42 lakh square-ft area behind the heritage building designed by Le Corbusier, and an additional parking capacity on 11.17 lakh square ft at the Capitol Complex.

Terming it a "blend of heritage and modern facilities", the committee, presided over by justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra, shared a detailed blueprint of the expansion plan with the HC on Friday during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL). The PIL, filed by high court employees association secretary Vinod Dhatterwal in 2023, seeks th...