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Subordinate Courts

Mass leave by Judicial employees is illegal
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘Abstention from work or mass leave by judicial employees of Subordinate Courts is illegal’: Rajasthan HC issues directions for immediate return

“If the employees of District Courts failed to resume their duties and situation so continued till 28-07-2025, then ESMA can be invoked to maintain discipline and resume the work of the Court.”

Published on July 25, 2025August 1, 2025By Editor
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Judicial Officer adverse remarks expunged
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Criticising Judicial Officer should be avoided”; SC directs expunging of adverse remarks made against an ASJ in a Delhi HC judgment

The Court strictly pointed out that the High Court could not have used a judgment on the judicial side to advise individual Judicial Officers. That can only be done on the administrative side in an appropriate case.

Published on November 23, 2024November 26, 2024By Sucheta
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

The 14 directions by Supreme Court to ensure timely execution of decrees

As on 31.12.2018, there were 11,80,275 execution petitions pending in the subordinate courts.

Published on June 22, 2021June 25, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Interim Orders pending before Subordinate Courts to stand extended till 16th July, 2021 or until further order

Delhi High Court: Full Bench of Vipin Sanghi, Rekha Palli and Talwant Singh, JJ., took suo motu cognizance of the extraordinary circumstances

Published on April 20, 2021October 3, 2023By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Flashback] Pendency of Cases being a pressing issue, Madras HC in its 2018 decision had issued guidelines highlighting: Cases of Absconding Persons || Detailed Report

Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J., issued guidelines pertaining to deal with cases wherein accused persons are absconded leading to the pendency

Published on December 11, 2020December 25, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

J&K HC | Supervisory jurisdiction is to be exercised sparingly only in appropriate cases for purposes of keeping Subordinate courts and Tribunals within bounds of their authorities; Petition dismissed  

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Javed Iqbal Wani J., while dismissing the present petition, discusses the ambit and scope of Article 227

Published on November 24, 2020December 4, 2020By Editor
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COVID-19 | Suspension of functioning of Delhi High Court & its Subordinate Courts has been extended till 31-07-2020

Suspension of functioning of Delhi High Court and its Subordinate Courts has been extended till 31-07-2020. Here’s the Court Order: The Hon’ble

Published on July 14, 2020October 3, 2023By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | Operation of interim orders passed by Allahabad HC & Courts Subordinate to it extended till 29th June, 2020

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Ramesh Sinha, J., while observing that, though the process of “Unlock” had

Published on June 10, 2020October 3, 2023By Bhumika Indulia
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Functioning of Delhi HC and Courts subordinate to it shall remain suspended till 14th June, 2020

Functioning of the High Court of Delhi and its Subordinate Courts shall remain suspended till 14-06-2020. It has further been ordered that

Published on May 29, 2020October 3, 2023By Bhumika Indulia
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Summer Vacations in the High Court of Punjab & Haryana stands cancelled

Summer Vacations in the High Court Punjab and Haryana from 1st June to 26th June stands cancelled and Court will continue to

Published on May 26, 2020October 3, 2023By Bhumika Indulia
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COVID 19 | Delhi HC suspends functioning of High Court & Subordinate Courts till 3rd May, 2020

Pursuant to Order No.40-3/2020-DM-1(A) dated 14.04.2020 issued by the Government of India regarding continuance of lockdown upto 03.05.2020 and in continuation of

Published on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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A.P. HC issues — guidelines for hearing of cases through video conferencing during lockdown period in the Subordinate Courts

Andhra Pradesh High Court issues guidelines for hearing of cases through video conferencing during lockdown period in the Subordinate Courts Following are

Published on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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COVID-19 | Telangana HC resolves to cancel summer vacations both for High Court and Subordinate Courts

Considering the fact that the lockdown may be lifted in a phased manner and 100% opening of the courts may lead to

Published on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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COVID-19 | Lockdown/Suspension of work in Delhi High Court & Courts Subordinate from 23-03-2020 to 04-04-2020 

Having considered the steps already taken by this Court to combat the impending threat of coronavirus (2019-nCOV) and considering the prevalent situation,

Published on March 23, 2020April 1, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Raj HC | COVID-19 | Subordinate Courts should not insist on the presence of parties unless it is very essential and unavoidable

In order to have effective control and containment over spread of Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), the following instructions are issued to be

Published on March 16, 2020April 1, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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