Govt’s pocket money for judges: Rs 25 for snacks

Following this,District and Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta issued a circular to chairpersons of different committees and boards at Tis Hazari court complex,informing them about the refreshment budget and asking them to “avoid the additional expenditure in the meetings”.

The judge-in-charge has asked the judicial officers to pass on the requisite directives to the administration and general branches of the court complex,regarding the number of members of any committee who would be attending the meeting.

“You are requested to adhere to aforesaid office memorandum and direct the branch concerned,dealing with a particular committee or board,to mention the number of participants in the meeting for which the refreshment is scheduled to be arranged,” read the circular.

Copies of the circular have been sent to all the heads of the committees and in-charges of all branches,besides administrative civil judge of north,central and west districts.

At present,several committees are functional to address various issues. Some of the panels are: vigilance committee,purchase committee,sexual harassment committee,building maintenance committee and computer committee.

There are also some recently constituted committees for ensuring digitisation of court records,appraising performance of CCTV system and services,disaster management,e-procurement system,etc.

Every committee,on an average,comprises three to four judicial officers and is headed by the senior-most of them.