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Punjab Bureaucracy Fined ₹10,000 for Teaching Files the Art of Deep Meditation

2 March 2026 - Chandigarh, Punjab

Record date
2 Mar 2026
Location
Chandigarh, Punjab
The odd part

The file wasn't stuck; it was simply reflecting on the impermanence of justice.

What happened

The Punjab High Court has slapped the state bureaucracy with a ₹10,000 fine for allowing a file to travel at a 'contemplative pace.' The court noted that while the file was supposedly moving through departments, it appeared to have reached Nirvana and stopped responding to earthly stimuli. The fine is to be deposited at PGI Chandigarh, possibly as 'symbolic therapy' for the administration's chronic delay syndrome.

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