Chandigarh, Oct. 18 -- The Chandigarh administration on Friday informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that the expansion plan for the current complex, if to be executed in 2026, must be finalised by December. The UT's senior standing counsel, Amit Jhanji, told a bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry that the plan would require UNESCO approval due to the heritage status of the high court complex.

"All stakeholders are on the same page and a solution could be found soon," Jhanji said, describing the deliberations of the panel set up by the high court to examine the space crunch.

The panel, formed last month and headed by a sitting high court judge, includes members from the Bar association, Chandigarh administrati...