As per the official schedule, seven special benches have been established at Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur for conducting speedy trials and disposal of various pending bail applications.
The shift is anticipated to improve the pace of case flow in the bail application trail, and aid in the clearance of pending cases.
Special Benches to Hear Bail Applications
All the seven special single judge benches will consider bail applications from October 29 to November 6, following routine traffic procedures which will take place over a five day period.
The special hearings will be held from 2:30 PM, as the court will take up bail cases that would not be before the court on the scheduled days.
The new schedule applies to the lawyer or litigants who are on their bail applications listed throughout this period.
Judges Assigned to Special Sessions
The seven special benches have been set-up under the watching of identified judges to help expedite the hearing of bail applications.
There are Justice Vivek Rusia, Justice Anand Pathak, Justice Vishal Mishra, Justice Deepak Khot, Justice Ramkumar Choubey and Justice BP Sharma, who have been named as judges in the list.
The scheme is aimed at improving judicial efficiency of handling bail cases and to create more judicial time for bail cases.
Other Bench for Miscellaneous Appeals
The High Court has also set up one bench comprising Justice Pradeep Mittal as presiding officer to process misc cases from its bail bench.
The bench will address Community Appeals pertaining to various matters as per the schedule.
The High Court ruling should have some solace to litigants waiting for hearings while helping to hasten resolution of cases at present in court. The initiative also mirrors judiciary attempts to streamline case management and enhance the judiciary’s efficiency.