Gujarat HC To Hear 10+ Yr Old Criminal Appeals On Working Saturdays; 5600+ Cases From 1995-2014 Lined Up For Disposal
In a bid to sort out the backlog of decade-old prison appeals, the Gujarat Excessive Court docket has constituted Particular Benches to listen to such issues on working Saturdays. The association, beginning at this time, will proceed not less than until October 2025.
In line with an official notification issued on this regard by the Registrar (Judicial), a complete of 12 benches (together with 9 division benches) will particularly take up prison acquittal appeals pending for over 10 years, in addition to these the place convicts have remained in Jail for greater than a decade.
As per the official assertion, a complete of 5,627 prison acquittal appeals, filed between 1995 and 2014, are nonetheless pending. These embody each division bench and single decide bench issues, with the majority of the pendency arising from the years 2003 to 2013.
Importantly, the notification additional states that solely notified prison appeals shall be taken up and such issues could also be preponed or postponed from their authentic dates for itemizing on Saturday.
This transfer comes after the HC has already earmarked Wednesdays to listen to solely previous pending instances.
