Dharwad HC to have another circuit Bench

Dharwad HC to have another circuit Bench
TNN, Dec 11, 2010, 09.57pm IST

DHARWAD: The high court circuit Bench at Dharwad will have another divisional Bench. The new Bench will be functional from January 3, said Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Justice Jagadeesh Singh Kehar here on Friday. He said the decision was taken considering the large number of cases being filed at the circuit Bench here.

Justice Kehar, who visited the circuit Bench for the first time after assuming charge as CJ, was addressing the advocates. He said that 17,000 cases had been filed in the circuit Bench in the last four months and the advocates had appealed to the high court to set up another divisional Bench to clear the cases quickly. Two judges will sit in the new divisional Bench.

Justice Kehar said two divisional Benches will deal with civil and criminal cases separately. He said the number of cases filed at a single Bench in Dharwad circuit Bench was on par with that filed at the main Bench at Bangalore and hence the decision to set up another divisional Bench. He called upon the advocates and judges to work in tandem to ensure speedy justice for the litigants.

Justices A S Pachhapure, K Govndraju, V G Sabhahit and H Billappa among others were present.