Delhi High Court Constitutes Monitoring Committee To Periodically Review Recruitment Of Public Prosecutors

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday constituted a monitoring committee to periodically review the recruitment of public prosecutors for trial courts here.


A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna said that cases are piling up in the trial courts due to lack of public prosecutors.

The bench emphasized on the need for recruiting more public prosecutors and also expressed concern over the pendency of cases in trial courts in the national capital.

The court ordered that the monitoring committee shall comprise of the officials from various government departments, including Delhi Government's Finance and Law & Justice department.

It directed that the monitoring committee shall also make recommendations to the Delhi Government regarding vacancies of public prosecutors.

The matter will now be heard in February.

The bench was hearing a bunch of petitions, including a suo moto case registered in 2009 after a letter petition was moved highlighting the issue of undertrials languishing in jail from 5 to 12 years without a trial.

Earlier, the court had directed the Delhi Government to finalize within four weeks its proposal regarding the establishment of a specialised training academy for public prosecutors.

In September, the bench had directed the Delhi Government to conduct training of the newly recruited public prosecutors in coordination with Delhi Judicial Academy.

It had also directed the Delhi Government to file a status report regarding the conduct of training programmes and also the latest position of vacancies in respect of public prosecutors.

Case Title: COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. State and other connected matters

Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1313