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He visits his place of posting only once in one or two months and puts his attendance on the register despite his absence,\u201d Sidhu said.<\/p>\n<p>The CPS said that the health centre register in Sangrur district had dots being put by Kaushal\u2019s seniors to show his absence.<\/p>\n<p>Sidhu said that she went in for the sting operation on the doctor to see for herself how Punjab\u2019s government doctors were openly doing private practice at other places even while serving in government records.<\/p>\n<p>She said that she had got a complaint against Kaushal\u2019s absence from the health centre, where he was posted, for months together.<\/p>\n<p>Sangrur district is about 150 km from here.<\/p>\n<p>Sidhu had asked the Sangrur civil surgeon to enquire about Kaushal earlier this month but had failed to get a report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI decided to check the centre myself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The CPS sent a report of the incident to Punjab Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal, and sought suspension of the concerned doctor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not often that a government doctor gets to treat his boss in a private hospital where he is not supposed to be at all. \u00a0But that happened in Mohali town, adjoining Chandigarh Thursday, when Punjab\u2019s chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) for health and family welfare, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, caught a government doctor treating her. 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A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul said Sidhu is guilty of Section 323 (voluntarily causing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54473,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/amarinder-visits-injured-and-orders-magisterial-probe-into-the-amritsar-train-accident","url_meta":{"origin":22946,"position":3},"title":"Amarinder visits injured and orders magisterial probe into the Amritsar train accident","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"October 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident after visiting injured and kin of those killed in the tragedy.The chief minister postponed a trip to Israel and arrived here this morning to assess the damage.\"We are announcing a magisterial probe into the incident,\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/amrinder.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":29707,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/former-ppsc-chairman-refused-bail","url_meta":{"origin":22946,"position":4},"title":"Former PPSC chairman refused bail","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday refused bail to former chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu aka Ravi Sidhu. 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