An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Muzaffarnagar, Ravi Kumar Diwakar, has used a judgment acquitting an NDPS accused to question the recall of 97 part-heard murder and serious-crime cases from his court. He held that under Section 409 CrPC a part-heard case cannot be recalled once trial has begun, that the recall orders were ‘without jurisdiction’ and non-speaking, and reflected on power, accountability and the rule of law.
On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court nullified the comments made by an additional district judge (fast track) in Bareilly, where he had commended Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in an order related to the 2010 Bareilly riots case. Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, presiding over a single-judge bench, described the remarks as “unnecessary” and […]
