CJ directs disposal of 20-year-old or above cases

Srinagar, Aug 3:  To reduce the pendency of old cases, Chief Justice (CJ) N Kotiswar Singh Thursday ordered disposal of 20-year-old or above cases pending before the High court with urgency.

“In order to weed out the infructuous cases, at first instance the Advocates are requested to furnish the list of infructuous cases which are 20 years old and above,” reads an order issued by Registrar General based on the instructions by the Chief Justice.

“The 20 years and above old cases listed in the month of September 2023 or thereafter, shall be listed after August 15, 2023 and be taken up for hearing with the consent of parties and counsels by seeking advancement of date of hearing, wherever needed,” the order reads.

The respective Registrar (Judicial) should notify the list of old cases to the parties or counsels by issuing the appropriate notifications, it said.

“These old cases shall continue to remain in the cause list, till disposal by the appropriate Bench,” the order said. “These old cases shall be placed above other cases in terms of chronology and given priority for disposal.”