Divisional and first class courts go up

PUNE, May 2: In a move aimed at reducing the pendency of cases, the State Government has increased the number of the lower divisional and...

PUNE, May 2: In a move aimed at reducing the pendency of cases, the State Government has increased the number of the lower divisional and first class magisterial courts besides starting some new link courts.

The decision to increase the number of courts in Pune was taken after it was noticed that the number of cases pending in the lower divisional and first class magisterial courts was increasing alarmingly in the last some years.

The presiding officers in some of the courts were trying to reduce the workload by speeding up the proceedings of various cases and trials. However, these efforts had proved little help in curbing the pendency of cases. As of now Pune has ten courts. The number of various courts in the city will reach 17 after the new courts start functioning.

Some of the Lower Division and First Class Judicial Magistrates were recently transferred out of Pune in a routine reshuffle. The magistrates who were brought to Pune during the recent reshuffle have been appointed to work with the newly created link courts.

A link court has been created to reduce the work load on the Judicial Magistrate, First Class JMFC posted with the court number 3, 6, 9 and anti corruption court each. Two link courts have been formed to reduce the workload on the Judicial Magistrate, First Class in court number 5 and 8 each.

Magistrates R R Kale, A J Patangankar and D D Deshmukh were shifted out of Pune during this reshuffle. Among the magistrates transferred Pune from elsewhere were S D Raykar from Pandharpur, K G Rathi from Solapur, P D Thackeray from Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Nagpur, S Paramjyot Singh Arjun Singh from Bhusaval Railways, D D Mamdapure from Tuljapur, V R Datir from Georai and A B Bhilare from Gondiya.

S D Raykar has been posted with JMFC court number 1. C R Hankare has been posted with JMFC court number 2, H C Parmar with JMFC court number 3, N T Ghadge with the link court of JMFC court number 3, P A Meshram with JMFC court number 4, S V Bhutke with JMFC court number 5, P D Thackeray and D D Mamdapure with link courts of JMFC court number 5, V N Satpute with JMFC court number 6, M V Deshpande with link court with JMFC court no.r 6, D A Shrisundar with JMFC court number 7, D S Marathe with JMFC court number 8, A B Bhilare and R T Nangare with link courts for JMFC court number 8, K G Rathi with JMFC court number 9, S Paramjyot Singh Arjun Singh with link court for JMFC court number 9 and V R Datir with link court for Anti-Corruption court.