Jatt Ram vs Punjab State Human Rights Commission ... on 18 May, 2005
48. We respectfully agree with the conclusions arrived at in Rameshwar Dayal's case, Kundan Singh's case, Sham Lal's case, and Sucha Singh Langah's case (supra) and hold that even though the Commission has all the powers of a Civil Court while enquiring into the complaints under the Act but the aforesaid powers are only such powers which are enjoyed by a civil Court trying a suit. There are no plenary powers nor any inherent powers enjoyed by the Commission which are otherwise available to the Civil Court. It must, therefore, follow that the Commission does not have any power to issuing the interim or ad interim orders while enquiring into the complaints under the Act.