Close on the heels of the initiatives having taken by Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice DN Patel to minimise the pendency of cases in various trial and session courts in the State, a special drive will be carried out for the disposal of 500 plus law and order related cases which are presently pending in the State. To start with, the State Government has handed over a list of 362 such cases pending in trial courts, to be heard on day to day basis in the respective courts.
“77 Judicial Officers of the 24 districts, including Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro and Dhanbad have been assigned these cases by the Acting Chief Justice. Day to day hearing of these fast tracked cases will take place,” said Assistant Registrar of Jharkhand High Court Pramod Kuamr Ojha. A target has been fixed by the Jharkhand High Court to dispose of those cases by the end of January 2018, he added.
Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, DGP, law Secretary and other top officials in the State Government have also been directed to ensure presence of witnesses and other assistance as and when required so that the listed cases may get fast tracked and target fixed by it gets achieved. The State Government has also directed the Assistant Public Prosecutors to be prepared for it.
Earlier also, a special drive was initiated by the Acting Chief Justice for quick disposal of cases pending for more than five years and the cases related to NI Act which is in progress with a total disposal of 12,028 such cases so far. The outer time limit for the disposal of these cases has been fixed for March 2018.
In order to bring transparency in this regard, all information related to the disposal of these two drives was being uploaded on the website of Jharkhand High Court on daily basis.
The trial and session courts are disposing of these cases over and above their daily routine proceedings.