The Special Division Bench constituted during first week of Summer Vacation, which was presided over by Chief Justice Virender Singh disposed of six criminal appeals and while dealing with prayers for suspension of substantive sentence, the Special Division Bench disposed of 24 cases. The Special Division Bench had taken up nine criminal appeals for final hearing and 48 criminal appeals, wherein prayers for suspension of substantive sentence during pendency appeals were moved.
The Special Division Bench also worked on Saturday. And, it could be constituted only with the consent from the members of the Bar, who consented for arguing their cases even on Saturday, said a release issued by the Jharkhand High Court.
A very unique case that was taken up by the Special Division Bench had a hand written application moved by nephew of the convict appellant on May 27, which was treated as an application for suspension of sentence. The Special Division Bench took up the application and disposed it of on the same day. In yet another matter, the Special Division Bench allowed the application for suspension of sentence of the convict-appellant, subject to payment of compensation of Rs50,000 to the victim of rape.
Notably, the Single Bench of Justice Anant Vijay Singh constituted during the summer vacation, in the first week, from May 24 to May 28 took up as many as 486 cases. On Saturday itself, the Single Bench took up 133 bail matters. The filing of cases has been recorded to be 66 per cent more in the first week of Summer Vacation as compared to the Regular Court working days.