The Madras High Court on Tuesday extended the life of all interim orders until July 15..To this end, a Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has extended an earlier order passed on the issue on May 17, 2021. .The situation will be reviewd on July 12, the Court added. ."The order dated May 17, 2021, will continue till July 15, 2021. List the matter on July 12, 2021, for further consideration", stated the order passed today. .On May 17, in exercise of its powers under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, as well as Sections 482-483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Court issued the following directions:.1. Interim orders passed by the Madras High Court (both Principal Bench at Chennai and the Madurai Bench) that were subsisting on April 30, 2021, shall stand extended till June 30, 2021, unless vacated or modified earlier, or until further orders of the Court or unless specifically dealt with by any juducial order to the contrary.2. Orders of eviction, dispossession, demolition that have not been executed till date shall remain in abeyance till June 30, 2021, unless the stay is expressly vacated or the order of stay expressly modified by any judicial order passed by an appropriate forum.3. All orders passed by the Courts exercising criminal jurisdiction, including orders of bail, anticipatory bail, parole which are for a limited period and likely to expire on or before June 30, 2021, shall stand extended till June 30, subject to any orders passed by the relevant forum even prior to the expiry of such date or thereafter to enable the respective court to deal with any abuse of orders.4. These directions will be subject to orders to the contrary passed or that may be passed by the Supreme Court in any individual matter.5. In case of extreme hardships, on account of the continuation of any interim order, the party aggrieved may apply for the discharge or discontinuation thereof before the relevant court.6. Interim orders or directions not of a limited duration shall continue to operate, unaffected by this order.7. Encroachment drives or measures taken for the recovery of revenue or proceedings relating to demolition or eviction should, as far practical, not be undertaken by the State and be temporarily kept in abeyance, except with the previous advice of the Advocate General.8. Since it may not be possible to produce remand prisoners for extension of remand under Sections 167 and 309 of the CrPC before various courts in the State, either in person or via video conferencing, all remand orders stand extended till June 30, 2021, without prejudice to the right of the arrested person to be released on bail in the mean time. Notably, the Court today has also ordered the revival of the High Powered Committee tasked with looking into the release of prisoners amid the COVID-19 pandemic, so that prisons are not overcrowded..[COVID-19] Madras High Court extends interim orders till June 30; suspends judicial work in subordinate courts.These directions will now stand until July 15. .[Read Order]
The Madras High Court on Tuesday extended the life of all interim orders until July 15..To this end, a Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has extended an earlier order passed on the issue on May 17, 2021. .The situation will be reviewd on July 12, the Court added. ."The order dated May 17, 2021, will continue till July 15, 2021. List the matter on July 12, 2021, for further consideration", stated the order passed today. .On May 17, in exercise of its powers under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, as well as Sections 482-483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Court issued the following directions:.1. Interim orders passed by the Madras High Court (both Principal Bench at Chennai and the Madurai Bench) that were subsisting on April 30, 2021, shall stand extended till June 30, 2021, unless vacated or modified earlier, or until further orders of the Court or unless specifically dealt with by any juducial order to the contrary.2. Orders of eviction, dispossession, demolition that have not been executed till date shall remain in abeyance till June 30, 2021, unless the stay is expressly vacated or the order of stay expressly modified by any judicial order passed by an appropriate forum.3. All orders passed by the Courts exercising criminal jurisdiction, including orders of bail, anticipatory bail, parole which are for a limited period and likely to expire on or before June 30, 2021, shall stand extended till June 30, subject to any orders passed by the relevant forum even prior to the expiry of such date or thereafter to enable the respective court to deal with any abuse of orders.4. These directions will be subject to orders to the contrary passed or that may be passed by the Supreme Court in any individual matter.5. In case of extreme hardships, on account of the continuation of any interim order, the party aggrieved may apply for the discharge or discontinuation thereof before the relevant court.6. Interim orders or directions not of a limited duration shall continue to operate, unaffected by this order.7. Encroachment drives or measures taken for the recovery of revenue or proceedings relating to demolition or eviction should, as far practical, not be undertaken by the State and be temporarily kept in abeyance, except with the previous advice of the Advocate General.8. Since it may not be possible to produce remand prisoners for extension of remand under Sections 167 and 309 of the CrPC before various courts in the State, either in person or via video conferencing, all remand orders stand extended till June 30, 2021, without prejudice to the right of the arrested person to be released on bail in the mean time. Notably, the Court today has also ordered the revival of the High Powered Committee tasked with looking into the release of prisoners amid the COVID-19 pandemic, so that prisons are not overcrowded..[COVID-19] Madras High Court extends interim orders till June 30; suspends judicial work in subordinate courts.These directions will now stand until July 15. .[Read Order]
