Thanks Supreme Court for hearing my PIL

 

 

Context :

5L cases pending in HCs, SC set to recall retired judges     /   TNN  -  26 March

 

Extract :

 

The Supreme Court on Thursday in principle decided to resort  to the never used constitutional provision for engaging retired High Court judges to tackle the huge pendency in High Courts…

 

Article 224A provides, “ The Chief Justice of an HC for any state may at any time, with the previous consent of the President, request any person, who has held the office of the judge of that court or of any other high court to sit and act as a judge of the high court of that state “

The CJI-led bench said since the retired judges would be given a specific tenure to adjudicate old cases and as they would be regarded as the junior-most in the hierarchy of the HC, it would not cause any heartburn among serving judges

 

“ It is not that regular appointment of judges would be stalled, slowed down or substituted by resorting to Article 224A to tackle the pendency, which has gone beyond manageable limits. There are cases pending for 25 to 30 years in some HCs and causing all kinds of problems in justice dispensation. Judges who have retired after spending 15-20 years in HCs would be eminently suitable to adjudicate old cases. Once the pendency is dealt with, their tenure can come to an end “, the CJI said

 

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MY TAKE :

 

Ø  Thank you, CJI for this is very welcome decision

Ø  As against 5 lakh cases pending in High Courts, the total number pending, exceeds 300 lakhs ( 3 crore )

Ø  The decision to re-appoint “ retired “ judges for OLD cases ( on specific TENURE basis ), needs to be coupled with starting of HUNDREDS of VIRTUAL COURTS ( e-Courts )

Ø  I urge the Supreme Court – and the Governments , Central and States – to consider suggestion made in my following e-mail :

 

          
Justice delayed is Justice Denied …………………………….[ 12 Sept 2018 ]

 

Extract from this e-mail :

 

Ø  And as far as finding 10,000  Judges to conduct “ Online Trials “ from the comfort of  their homes, ( and without imposing any “ Infrastructure Burden “ on the State – except providing them with a fast broadband connection )

 

 I suggest that, 

 we rope in retired judges on a “ Per Case Retainer “ basis ( paid into their Jan

 Dhan accounts )

       

 

 Ø  There must be a “ Bonus cum Penalty “ formula to govern the payments to the

     Judges ,depending upon the “ Actual Time “ taken to dispose off a given case

     as against the “Target Time “ ( to be computed by Artificial

    Intelligent Software , based on historical data being continuously compiled for

    all the cases , once the portal gets launched )

 

             

 

          

 

 

 

Ø  I urge Chief Justice Hon Deepak Misraji to treat this email as a PIL and “ direct “ the  NDA government to initiate action on this suggestion ( I cannot afford a lawyer ! )

 

         

 

 

Ø  Your " Activism " in this matter will go a long way to restore the faith of the ordinary citizens in the judiciary  !

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RcruitGuru.com  /  27 March 2021