CJI GOGOI DEALT WITH OVER 700 CASES IN A SINGLE DAY
CJI GOGOI DEALT WITH OVER 700 CASES IN A
SINGLE DAY
The Chief Justice of India’s lists of cases showed an unusual
spike in numbers on Tuesday.
A
total of over 750 cases were listed before the Bench led by Chief Justice of
India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjeev Khanna.
Later,
in the post-lunch session, the Chief Justice explained the reason for listing
so many cases before his Bench.
The
CJI said the cases numbering from 12 to 751 were all defective.
They
have been lying in the Supreme Court registry, gathering dust, for
almost nine years
Neither the litigants involved nor the lawyers who had signed on
to represent them have bothered to cure the mistakes in the filing of these
petitions. They remain literally abandoned.
The
CJI just wanted to lay bare how such cases form the bulk of the backlog in the
Supreme Court.
“They
are all defective. Petitioners have not cleared the defects. These cases are
pending since 2010, 2011, 2012,” Justice Gogoi said.
The
cases were identified and brought to fore by the Supreme Court Registry.
“You
[petitioners and lawyers concerned] get two weeks to clear the defects, or all
these cases are out of here,” the Chief Justice declared. A lawyer urged four
weeks’ time to clear the mistakes in a case. “No, two weeks, that’s it,”
Justice Gogoi firmly replied.
As
of March 2019, the Supreme Court has 57,785 pending cases. Of these, 13,257 are
either “incomplete” or “not ready” cases.
That
means these cases, both miscellaneous and regular ones, have defects which make
them unfit to be listed for hearing before a judicial Bench.
HIGH COURT DROPS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST UNION MINISTER GOHAIN IN RAPE CASE AS VICTIM CHANGES STATEMENT
The
Gauhati High Court quashed criminal proceedings against Union Minister of State
for Railways Rajen Gohain in a rape case, in a relief to the BJP MP before the
Lok Sabha elections.
After hearing the
Minister’s petition, Justice Suman Shyam set aside the order passed by the
Nagaon Chief Judicial Magistrate on Nov 16 last year taking cognizance of the
criminal proceedings.
An FIR had been lodged
against the 68-year-old BJP MP from Nagaon in August 2018 alleging rape, and
criminal proceeding was initiated against him.
The minister had then
moved the High Court challenging the criminal proceedings and subsequent
passing of the November 16 order of the CJM.
A case under Indian Penal Code Sections 417 (cheating), 376 (rape) and
506 (criminal intimidation) was registered against Gohain for allegedly raping
and threatening the married woman.
The complaint said the
alleged incident took place at the woman’s house when her husband and family
members were away, 7-8 months before the FIR was lodged.
However, a week after
the case was registered, the complainant’s husband said the family had withdrawn
the case and requested the media to not report on the issue.
But the complainant’s
statement was already recorded by the investigating officer by then and it had
reached the court.
Police said the case could not be withdrawn at that point.
The
four-time MP had earlier announced he will not contest the forthcoming Lok
Sabha polls until his name was cleared by the High Court.
Nagaon
is the only constituency in Assam where the BJP is yet to announce its
candidate. The 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam will go to polls in three
phases – April 11, 18 & 23.
Gohain
has been representing the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency since 1999.
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