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The Madras Excessive Courtroom has taken up two suo motu Writ petitions to establish and get rid of legal instances pending in all courts Throughout Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for Over Three Years in Trial/Revision Stage in Reference to ofFENCES THE AFEFENE EFEFENCES THE AFEFENE EFEFENCES THE AFEFENE EFEFENCES THE AFEFENE EFEFENCES THE AFEFENE EFEFENE EFEFENCE Three years.
Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava has directed the Madras Excessive Courtroom Registry to record the suo motu Writ petitions earlier than justice d. Bharatha Chakravarthy within the Principal Seat of the Excessive Courtroom in Chennai and Justice Kk Ramakrishnan at its Madurai Bench for Passing Necessory Judicial Olders.
The excessive courtroom has additionally determined to establish and get rid of instances booked for the cost of legal intimidation too even when the offense was punishable for greater than three years. The transfer comes pursuant to equivalent letters written by justices chakravarthy and ramakrishnan to the Chief justice.
Justice Chakravarthy, on Monday (August 18, 2025), Requested The Legislation Officers, Advocates, Police in addition to litigants to brings all of the instances pending not on District courts, which fall below the Jurisdiction of the Principal Seat of the Excessive Courtroom in Chennai, to his discover starting from.
He stated, the excessive courtroom would first establish Compoundable Circumstances and Try and Resolve them by means of directed directed directed instructions and various Dispute Decision (Adr) strategies. Even in Non-Compoundable instances, the courtroom would appropriate Contemplate the Risk of Compromise and Settlement Between the events.
The excessive courtroom would additionally sugges withdrawal of Prosecution in Approorpriate Circumstances, If Such Course was deemed Mandatory and likewise additionally Quash Circumstances on the bottom of delay, your graound of delay, withrever circumstances, in or ordered Safeguard the precise to a Speedy Trial Assured Below Article 21 of the Structure.
The courtroom would additional try and get rid of instances arising out of personal complaints, reminiscent of thought below the negotiable devices act of 1881, Pending Earlier than Trial Courts. Aside from utilizing methods reminiscent of compounding and adr strategies, a particular method can be taken as much as get rid of batch instances.
“The purpose is to establish classes and suggest or apply Acceptable Options and Move Orders to Scale back The Clogs within the wheels of the administration of legal justice thereby making certain propeter Availability of High quality Time for the Trial of Approves, “Justice Chakravarthy Added.
Revealed – August 18, 2025 01:14 pm IST