Trial Courts

Shocking: Supreme Court flags hundreds of criminal cases in Maharashtra where charges not framed for decades
Younger lawyers don't want to go to trial court to learn practice: Supreme Court laments
Supreme Court bats for Senior designation of lawyers from trial courts, tribunals
Delhi High Court raps trial court, police over insensitive conduct towards rape victim
Supreme Court bemoans non-production of accused before trial courts in Maharashtra
Kerala High Court issues guidelines to prevent adjournments by trial courts based on false claims by lawyers
Allahabad High Court warns against arbitrary bail conditions that stall release of poor persons from jail
Trial courts' reluctance to grant bail in significant cases symptomatic of a malaise: Kapil Sibal
Cross-examination of witness should be deferred only in exceptional cases: Supreme Court to trial courts
Judges left waiting in chambers due to lack of sufficient prosecutors in trial courts: Delhi High Court
Courts other than High Court should be referred to as district judiciary/ trial courts, not subordinate courts: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Section 319 CrPC power to summon persons can be exercised before acquittal or before sentence in case of conviction: Supreme Court
High Court observations against trial judges discourage grant of bail; leads to huge volume of litigation: Supreme Court
Would be a travesty of justice if judge does not grant bail owing to personal interest: Bombay HC Chief Justice Dipankar Datta
Power of trial court to issue summons u/s 319 CrPC after judgment: Constitution Bench of Supreme Court reserves verdict
Don't insist on certified copies of orders; downloaded copies attested by lawyer sufficient: Himachal Pradesh High Court
Except in rape cases, trial courts can't sentence convicts to life imprisonment till death: Calcutta High Court
Karnataka High Court issues guidelines for trial courts on examination of accused under Section 313 CrPC
Parties-in-person have utilized e-filing facility more than advocates: Registrar tells Karnataka High Court
Bengaluru is known as Silicon Valley of India; best video conferencing system should be provided for State courts: Karnataka High Court
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