 He was jailed during the 1975-77 emergency.He has served as Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly for a second time since 2012.Sardar Charanjit.S.Atwal is married to Inderjit Kaur, with whom he has two sons, Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal (his elder son) and Jasjeet Singh Atwal (his younger son) and three daughters, Dr. Kulminderjit Kaur (Eldest Daughter), Parminderjit Kaur (Younger Daughter) and Tripathi Kaur Atwal (Youngest Daughter).