The Madras High Court constituted special benches to sit this Saturday, to hear criminal cases pending before the Court for more than ten years..A notification to this effect had been issued at the behest of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee on December 29, 2017, as part of efforts aimed at the expeditious disposal of pending cases. The notification states,.“The Hon’ble Chief Justice is pleased to constitute Special Benches on Saturday, 06.01.2018 to take up the Criminal Appeals which are pending for more than TEN years..The Advance list containing the details of Criminal Appeals which are pending for more than TEN years in published in the Cause list. .Advocates/Parties are required to furnish left out ten years old pending Criminal Appeals, if any, to the Registrar (Judicial), High Court, Madras..Advocates/Parties are requested to extend their fullest cooperation to reduce the pendency of oldest Criminal Appeals.”.Accordingly, over two hundred criminal appeals between the years 1998 and 2008 were listed before three judges. Sitting in court room 8, Justice N Kirubakaran was tasked with hearing 18 listed cases. Justice MV Muralidaran had 91 matters listed before him, sitting in court room 9. Justice N Sathish Kumar had 94 items listed before him, sitting in court room 10..However, the initiative reportedly did not find the desired response, with most cases being adjourned in about an hour, as the intimation of the special bench sitting did not reach the advocates on time..In October last year, Chief Justice Indira Banerjee had indicated that efforts were being directed towards clearing cases pending before the Court for more than five years by March 31, 2018..While laying the foundation stone for a Combined Court Complex at the Nilgiris last year, the Chief Justice had remarked, “we are trying to achieve zero pendency of cases of over five years within 31st March, 2018.“.Back in September last year, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had written to Chief Justices of High Courts, urging them to constitute special benches on Saturdays to hear criminal appeals in which legal aid counsel have been provided. Pursuant to this, the Gujarat High Court and the Delhi High Court took the initiative to sit on Saturdays to hear criminal appeals.
The Madras High Court constituted special benches to sit this Saturday, to hear criminal cases pending before the Court for more than ten years..A notification to this effect had been issued at the behest of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee on December 29, 2017, as part of efforts aimed at the expeditious disposal of pending cases. The notification states,.“The Hon’ble Chief Justice is pleased to constitute Special Benches on Saturday, 06.01.2018 to take up the Criminal Appeals which are pending for more than TEN years..The Advance list containing the details of Criminal Appeals which are pending for more than TEN years in published in the Cause list. .Advocates/Parties are required to furnish left out ten years old pending Criminal Appeals, if any, to the Registrar (Judicial), High Court, Madras..Advocates/Parties are requested to extend their fullest cooperation to reduce the pendency of oldest Criminal Appeals.”.Accordingly, over two hundred criminal appeals between the years 1998 and 2008 were listed before three judges. Sitting in court room 8, Justice N Kirubakaran was tasked with hearing 18 listed cases. Justice MV Muralidaran had 91 matters listed before him, sitting in court room 9. Justice N Sathish Kumar had 94 items listed before him, sitting in court room 10..However, the initiative reportedly did not find the desired response, with most cases being adjourned in about an hour, as the intimation of the special bench sitting did not reach the advocates on time..In October last year, Chief Justice Indira Banerjee had indicated that efforts were being directed towards clearing cases pending before the Court for more than five years by March 31, 2018..While laying the foundation stone for a Combined Court Complex at the Nilgiris last year, the Chief Justice had remarked, “we are trying to achieve zero pendency of cases of over five years within 31st March, 2018.“.Back in September last year, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had written to Chief Justices of High Courts, urging them to constitute special benches on Saturdays to hear criminal appeals in which legal aid counsel have been provided. Pursuant to this, the Gujarat High Court and the Delhi High Court took the initiative to sit on Saturdays to hear criminal appeals.
