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| PIL regarding Manning of Legal Remembrance posts by Judges | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 26: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Rufi Khan & Ors, seeking effective prosecution of criminal trials particularly involving capital sentence and life imprisonment with a view to prevent crime and Manning of Legal Remembrance posts by Judges, A Division Bench of State High Court Comprising Justice Hasnain Massodi and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal after hearing Adv Rohit Kapoor appearing for the PIL whereas Sr. AAG SS Nanda appearing for the State, observed that Sr. AAG SS Nanda informed the Court that steps are being taken to appoint a Judicial Officer as Member Secretary of Legal Service Authority.
Division Bench further observed that this does not set-aside all the issues raised in the petition and comprehensive report has not filed by the state as per order dated June 11, 2014 whereby the earlier Division Bench directed state to file status report indicating the guidelines for appointment of Public Prosecutor and Additional Public Prosecutors.
Division Bench directed State to file comprehensive report before the next date of hearing with advance copy to counsel for the PIL enabling him to file his response if any as warranted in the facts and circumstances of the case.
This significant direction has been passed in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Rufi Khan & Ors, final year students of Graduation in Law, University of Jammu, to seek effective prosecution of criminal trials to make punishments a real deterrent and also seeking direction to respondent to ensure the quality of Public Prosecutors and the guidelines for appointing the Public Prosecutors/ Additional Public Prosecutors, today observed that despite granting time to produce the cabinet decision of the year 2010 regarding appointment of Member-Secretary Legal Services Authority not agreeing with the proposal sent by the High Court, the said decision has not been placed on record and directed Commissioner/Secretary to Law Department to be present on March 18, 2015 in this Court and file cabinet decision in which Advocate Rohit Kapoor in an application also sought time to challenge the State Government's decision on maintaining status quo with regard to the post of Law Secretary and Member Secretary of State Legal Services Authority. |
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