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Indian Express
4 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
34 digital cheque bounce courts in Delhi move to Rouse Avenue complex, minus staff
The judges of 34 digital NI Act (Negotiable Instruments Act) courtrooms, which hear cheque bounce cases, across six court complexes in Delhi have been shifted to the Rouse Avenue court complex. However, the court staff (readers, ahlmads and stenographers) will continue to operate from their respective districts. Of the 34 courtrooms, nine are from Dwarka, seven from Tis Hazari, six from Saket, five from Karkardooma Court, four from Rohini, and three from Patiala House Court. On Friday, Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya inaugurated the 34 digital courts at the Rouse Avenue complex to exclusively hear cases under the NI Act. An administrative order passed by Principal District and Sessions Judge and Special Judge Kanwal Jeet Arora of Rouse Avenue Court read: 'The following judicial officers shall occupy and hold their courts in court room numbers mentioned against their names with immediate effect.' 'As per the directives of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi, New Delhi, vide notification… dated 30.05.2025, the courts shall continue to be under the administrative control/supervision/ jurisdiction of the districts concerned to which these courts belong,' the order dated May 31 stated. This essentially means that while the court staff will operate from their respective districts, all judges will have to sit in Rouse Avenue Court. All rooms have been allotted on the seventh floor of the court complex, which is situated near the ITO Metro in Central Delhi. In a May 30 notification, the Delhi High Court cited 'optimal utilisation of available infrastructure and resources' and 'inadequate space' to justify the move. 'The remaining arrangement, including support staff deployment and recording of evidence from the respective District Court Complexes, shall continue as per the previous directions/practice until adequate and permanent space is made available in the concerned District Courts to which these Digital NI Act Courts ultimately belong,' the notification read. 'However, these Courts shall continue to be under the administrative control/supervision/jurisdiction of the concerned districts to which these courts belong. The readers, ahlmads, and judicial records of these Digital NI Act Courts would also continue to function from their original districts so as to avoid any inconvenience to the litigants, lawyers, and stakeholders,' it added. 'We are being told that only judges have been moved to Rouse Avenue Court, but a circular outside a courtroom states that all matters will be physically taken up at Rouse Avenue,' Dhir Singh Kasana, advocate and former Saket Bar Association secretary, told The Indian Express. 'If lawyers situated in Saket have to travel to Rouse Avenue, it will cause a big problem… There should be some clarity. There are no chambers in Rouse, while we have those in Saket. There was no space crunch in Saket Court…these courtrooms already existed in our district,' said Kasana. At court complexes across Delhi, 800 judges are hearing close to 15 lakh pending cases (2 lakh civil and 13 lakh criminal). Of these, 4.5 lakh or over 30 per cent are cases related to cheque bounce claims. On any given day, NI Act courts hear a minimum of 50 cases and a maximum of 200 cases, and have six times the average pendency of other courts. As per the Act, cheque bounce cases ought to be disposed of within six months. The staff in the NI Act courts are among the most burdened across Delhi's judiciary. 'Twice a month, we might have to travel to Rouse. In case a judge asks for a document or case file, we might have to physically deliver it,' a court staff member told The Indian Express.
Scroll.in
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Scroll.in
2020 Delhi riots: 30 men acquitted in four cases within a week due to lack of proof
A Delhi court has acquitted 30 men charged in four separate cases related to the February 2020 riots in the national capital, Live Law reported on Friday. They were accused of murdering three persons and committing loot and arson. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala of the Karkardooma Court passed the four acquittal orders within a week on May 13, May 14, May 16 and May 17, the legal news outlet reported. The men were accused of being involved in several crimes during the 2020 Delhi riots. In one case, the complaint had alleged that his medical shop was looted and set on fire during the riots. The other three cases were pertaining to the murder of three men. One case was related to the killing of Shahbaz, who was allegedly beaten severely and burned alive. Another was related to Akil Ahmed, who died from a head injury caused by blunt force. The third case was about the killing of Aamir Ali. All three cases were filed based on statements given by an assistant sub-inspector, Live Law reported. On May 13, Pramachala acquitted 14 men of all charges related to the murder of Aamir Ali, finding them not guilty of rioting, unlawful assembly and murder. However, one of the suspects, Lokesh Kumar Solanki, was convicted under sections of the Indian Penal Code for inciting enmity among groups and public mischief by spreading rumours. In the other three cases, all persons were acquitted after the prosecution failed to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, Live Law reported. Clashes had broken out in North East Delhi in February 2020 between supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act and those opposing it. The violence left 53 dead and hundreds injured. The Delhi Police has claimed that the violence in February 2020 was part of a larger conspiracy to defame the Narendra Modi government and was plotted by those who organised the protests against the contentious citizenship law. However, a fact-finding committee constituted by the Delhi Minorities Commission said that the riots were sparked by inflammatory remarks by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders.
India Gazette
19-05-2025
- India Gazette
Delhi court acquits 11 accused in 2020 Northeast Delhi riots case
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Delhi's Karkardooma Court recently acquitted 11 accused in a case related to rioting, arson, etc. in Northeast Delhi in 2020. The court acquitted the accused persons after finding no credible evidence against them. It discarded the testimony of two police officials who identified the accused persons in a video. The court also noted that the accused persons were identified at a belated stage after their arrest and the filing of a charge sheet. An FIR was filed at the Gokul Puri Police Station. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala acquitted all accused persons after considering the evidence and testimonies of the Prosecution witnesses. 'In view of my foregoing discussions, observations and findings, I find that charges levelled against the accused persons in this case are not proved beyond all reasonable doubts and accused are entitled for benefit of doubt. Hence, all accused Ankit Chaudhary alias Fauzi, Sumit alias Badshah, Pappu, Vijay, Ashish Kumar, Sourabh Kaushik, Bhupender, Shakti Singh, Sachin Kumar alias Rancho, Rahul and Yogesh, are acquitted of the charges levelled against them,' ASJ Pramachala held on May 14. The court noted that the accused persons were identified by the two police officials who claimed to know them prior to the incident. The court noted, ' However, both these officials were posted in the same police station, despite that their statement regarding identifying the accused persons, was recorded at much belated time.' ' Moreover, if these accused persons were already known to these two police officials, then there could not have been any need to identify them in any video or photographs,' the court further noted. The court observed in the judgement, ' It is worth to note here that by the time Investigation Officer (IO) recorded statement of these two police officials, all accused were already arrested and chargesheeted in this case. Therefore, their identification of accused persons, at such belated time, is not beyond controversy and doubt.' The accused were chargesheeted by the police for offences punishable under Section 147, 148, 149, 380, 427, 436 IPC. On March 3, 2020, an FIR was registered at PS Gokalpuri pursuant to receipt of a written complaint filed by one Mohammad Imran Sheikh. He had alleged about loot and arson committed in his medical shop in the name and style of 'Crown Medicos.' His shop was situated in Gokalpuri. He further alleged that the First and second floors of his shop were full of medicines. He further alleged that one Aslam, who was working in a salon situated in front of his medical shop, had telephonically informed him at around 1:30 AM that some persons had looted his shop and were setting it ablaze. Immediately thereafter, complainant Mohammad Imran Sheikh called the police at the 100 number about this incident. Another complaint was filed by Akram Ali, who was running a barber shop in the same area alongwith his brother Aslam Ali. He alleged that on February 2, 2020, at around 6 PM, a number of persons came and started vandalism, and thereafter he and his brother left Delhi for their native place, in order to save their lives. Aslam Ali returned on February 28 and informed his brother that the shop had been vandalised. (ANI)
