Pritam Pal

Pritam Pal is former Lokayukta, an anti-corruption ombudsman organization in the Indian State of Haryana, India. After serving as Lokayukta he retired from services on 18 January 2016. He was born on 3 June 1947 in the village Kandroli in the District Yamunanagar, Haryana. With his 5-year tenure as Lokayukta, he has recently shown his immense displeasure over lack of political will amongst the Politicians to make the institution of Lokayukta strong.
Law career.
Pritam Pal practiced as a lawyer for 14 years at Ghohrudhe District Courts of Karnal and Kurukshetra. This period of legal practice was mainly devoted to the social service, Arya Samaj, and for improving the educational facilities in the area.
Judge in Haryana Superior Judicial Service.
In March 1986 he was selected as a member to the Judiciary. Later he joined as Additional District and Sessions Judge.
Postings as District and Sessions Judge.
Districts Gurgaon, Rohtak, Ambala, Yamuna Nagar, Hisar, Mohindergarh at Narnaul, Bhiwani and Faridabad.
January 2002 to November 2004: Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
High Court Judge.
November 2004: Elevated as Permanent Judge to Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh. During tenure he presided over approximately 6900 cases.
June 2009: Retired after attaining age of superannuation.
President, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh.
Appointed and worked as such till 17 January 2011.
Indian Justice Front.
Justice Pritam Pal is going to launch a non-political, but social outfit under the name of “Indian Justice front”. Aim of this front would be to fight prevailing corruption, injustice with any individual or any section of society, drug abuse, female foeticide, character building, promote education, and work against various other prevailing social evils weakening the social set up.
Membership for this organisation would be launched from coming October 2 the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri who always stood for truth and righteousness and worked for the upliftment of society without any fear and self interest and eked out a place for them in the hearts of people the world over.
Languages.
He is fluent in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, and Punjabi.
Writer.
Pritam Pal has written three books in three different languages. Firstly "Power of Thought" in English and "Vichar Shakti ka Chamatkar" in Hindi. He has written another book "Mukti Prapti ki Vidhi" in Sanskrit.
Religious person and social worker.
He is a strict disciple of Arya Samaj and has made a Yagyashala in Yamuna Nagar district where regular Hawan are held and other social activities are taking place. He is one of the top preachers of Arya Samaj in Haryana and is known to be a man of character and principles. Monthly camps are held in Yagyashala for Character Building wherein he is generally present to help and guides poor and downtrodden persons. He was in the news when he donated antique articles to the Kurukshetra University which are now kept in a cultural museum.
Ideology.
For him value of life is the greatest asset of mankind. He lays much emphasis on the character of a person which according to him is the reason and source for our happiness and sorrow. He gives regular speeches to visitors to his Yagyashala and also at the places he visits. His major quotes are shared below: