As India stayed glued to television sets for the crunch T20 World Cup second semi-final between India and England in Adelaide today, the District Bar Association in Patiala suspended all work post-lunch to facilitate watching the live telecast of the match.
Just ahead of the do-or-die clash in Australia, the District Bar Association (DBA) of Patiala announced that all work at the district courts in Patiala shall remain suspended after lunch in view of the T20 World Cup match.
Pakistan had already qualified for this Sunday's final in Melbourne, beating New Zealand in the first semi-final in Sydney yesterday.
A notification issued by DBS, Patiala, said that an emergency meeting of the executive was convened today, under DBA president Advocate Jatinder Pal Singh Ghumaan, in view of the India-England semi-final.
It was decided at the meeting that "DBA, Patiala, will observe no work after lunch at the district courts in Patiala".
The DBA notification further said that all "judicial officers, Revenue Courts, Presiding Officers of Tribunals and Commissioner Court are requested to adjourn the matters listed for today to some other dates".
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