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Mumbai: What happens when a court does not have a judge
Updated On: 07 September, 2019 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Moving tales of those left in limbo just because one court in Borivli has not had a magistrate for two months
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Rajesh Dhokare with family
Litigants at Borivli Metropolitan Magistrate Court No. 67 are living through the adage justice delayed is justice denied. The absence of a magistrate for two months has created a backlog of 8,500 cases, with several people languishing in jail because there is no one to grant them bail.
In judicial custody cases, the accused has to remain in jail for lack of bail," said advocate Subodh Pathak. "When guilt is not yet proven, keeping people in jail for such procedural lapses is nothing but pre-trial punishment. If the court is vacant, custody cases and those where urgent relief is required and should be heard on short intervals are the ones that suffer most."
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