New Delhi, September 11
Expressing serious concern over the inordinate delay in deciding criminal appeals by the Allahabad High Court, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday urged the Bar and the Bench to work together to resolve the issue.
“I do not wish to raise any finger or lay any blame with respect to the criminal cases pending in the Allahabad High Court, which is very worrying. I request the Allahabad Bar and Bench to work together and cooperate in resolving this issue,” the CJI said. He was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the UP National Law University and a new building complex of the High Court in Allahabad.
Issuing notices to the Allahabad HC on petitions seeking comprehensive standards for granting bail last month, the top court was shocked to learn that there were around 7,400 convicts, many of them poor, who have been in jail for more than 10 years. . Were.
In his address, CJI Ramana described Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha’s decision of Allahabad HC on election of then PM Indira Gandhi from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency as a decision of “great courage” on allegations of electoral malpractice that “shake” the country. Gave. imposition of emergency
He reiterated his idea of setting up a ‘National Judicial Infrastructure Corporation’ to deal with the problems of court infrastructure- TNS