The Allahabad High Court ordered a Kanpur judge to undergo 3-month training for writing unreasoned orders. The judge had dismissed a plea with just a brief three-line explanation, sparking judicial concern.
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UTTAR PRADESH: The Allahabad High Court took a serious step against a judicial officer for not writing proper orders. The Court has ordered that Dr. Amit Verma, who is an Additional District Judge (ADJ) in Kanpur Nagar, must go for a three-month training at the Judicial Training and Research Institute in Lucknow.
This decision was given by Justice Neeraj Tiwari after noticing that the judge had passed unreasoned orders in at least two different cases.
The High Court clearly stated,
“From perusal of the order of this Court dated 17.12.2024 as well as impugned order dated 1.3.2025, this Court is of the firm view that Dr. Amit Verma, Additional District Judge, Kanpur Nagar is not competent to write the judgment, therefore, he must be sent for training at least for three months in Judicial Training and Research Institute, Lucknow.”
The Court further directed the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court to send this matter to the Chief Justice for taking necessary steps and getting permission to send ADJ Verma for the required training.
This strict direction came while hearing a petition that was filed against an order passed by ADJ Verma in a case involving a landlord-tenant dispute. The petitioner in this case is Munni Devi, who had filed an application before the district court to add new grounds in her ongoing case. However, ADJ Verma rejected the application with a very short order. This made the petitioner approach the High Court.
The lawyer appearing for Munni Devi argued that the ADJ had not written even one proper line explaining why the amendment application was turned down. He also told the Court that this was not the first time ADJ Verma had made such an error.
He pointed out that a similar mistake was made by the same judge last year, and that order was also later cancelled.
The petitioner’s lawyer said,
“Again Dr. Amit Verma, Additional District Judge, Kanpur Nagar has committed same mistake and impugned order has been passed without recording any finding, therefore, same is bad and liable to be set aside.”
The High Court, after going through the recent order passed by ADJ Verma, observed that the judgment had seven paragraphs and an operative portion. But instead of writing any findings, the judge simply dismissed the application.
The Court noted,
“In all 7 paragraphs only facts and argument of both the parties have been recorded and without recording any finding straight away learned judge has rejected the application by three-line order.”
The High Court agreed that ADJ Verma had repeated the same mistake as in the past. Therefore, the Court cancelled the order passed by him and sent the matter to another competent judge in Kanpur Nagar for a fresh decision.
To ensure fairness and remove bias, the Court also transferred the case to another judge.
Advocate Prakhar Tandon appeared on behalf of the petitioner Munni Devi.
Advocate Shiv Kumar Yadav represented the respondent.
CASE TITLE:
Munni Devi v Shashikala Pandey
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