District Courts enhance limit on filing of cases
Ramkrishan Upadhyay
Tribune news service
Chandigarh, June 28
The District and Sessions Judge has increased per day limit of filing of cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act. Now, advocates can file 100 cases a day instead of 50 cases earlier.
The decision was taken after assessment of pattern and volume of filing of cases in the past one week. The order said from now on, an advocate could file a maximum of 10 complaints under Section 138 of the NI Act on a particular day. In the previous order on June 11, the District and Sessions Judge had allowed restrictive filing of fresh cases as per the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The District and Sessions Judge has also allowed the resumption of the work of copying agencies for providing certified copies of judgments/orders (including interim orders) as the same are required for filing of fresh cases. The permission was given on a request made by the District Bar Association president, NK Nanda .As per the order, the copying agency of the District and Sessions Judge and that of the Civil Judge (Sr Div) has started functioning from 10 am to1 pm. In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, initially the restriction is imposed on the number of applications to be entertained on a day i.e. 50 applications relating to the copying agency of superior courts and 50 relating to the copying agency of subordinate courts. As per the order, only advocates are allowed to file applications and receive certified copies.
Advocate Pankaj Chandgotia said the revised order of the District Courts was a welcome step towards restoring normalcy. It would help alleviate the sufferings of advocates.
