Chandigarh, June 6 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has given the Chandigarh administration four weeks to construct a verandah outside the chief justice's court.

The order was passed by the bench presided over by chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sumeet Goel during the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL).

"...in the face of ensuing monsoon season, which will start in a month's time, urgency arises and therefore, the UT administration is directed to construct the verandah in front of Court Room No. 1, preferably within a period of four weeks," the bench ordered while fixing the next date of hearing on July 4.

On May 28, the Supreme Court had upheld a November 2024 order of the high court directing the Chandigarh adminis...