Jharkhand HC On Special Drive To Dispose Of 500 Cases Pending In Trial Courts

The Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand has initiated a special drive for disposal of over 500 cases pending in trial courts by January next year. There shall be day-to-day hearing of these fast-tracked cases, which are related to law and order issues in the state.

A press release issued by the high court stated that the Jharkhand government has given the first list of 362 cases pending in trial courts for day-to-day hearing in the courts.

Acting Chief Justice DN Patel has assigned these cases to 77 judicial officers of all 24 districts, including Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro and Dhanbad.

According to the HC, a high-level meeting was convened by the ACJ to secure continuous presence of witnesses in at least these 500 cases so that they may be fast-tracked. Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, Secretary Home Department, Director General of Police and Law Secretary participated in the discussion.

The state government also instructed its additional public prosecutors to be ready for tackling the cases.

The Jharkhand HC informed that this was third initiative taken by the ACJ in the recent days to reduce pendency of cases in the state. A special drive is going on for disposal of cases under the Negotiable Instrument Act. By now, total 12,028 cases have been disposed of in these two special drives.

These disposals are over and above the daily work of the trial courts, like bail applications, anticipatory bail applications, stay and injunction applications, appeals and other proceedings of the courts.