Situation in district courts' record rooms 'grim', expedite process of weeding out files: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court has observed that the situation of the district courts' record rooms where case documents are kept, is «grim» and the process of weeding out the records needs to be done expeditiously besides being monitored on a regular basis. The high court directed the principal district and sessions judges of all the district courts in Delhi to monitor the progress of weeding out of case records in their respective districts and take effective steps in this regard. Regarding weeding out of the record, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet P S Arora was informed by the counsel for the Delhi High Court administration that necessary amendments have been already carried out, criterion for petty cases and cases for historical importance have been decided, committees to monitor weeding out have been constituted in each district court and around 52,000 files have already been weeded out.
According to the quarterly report from January to March 2024, a total of 1,91,512 files have been identified for weeding out from all district courts and till now 52,167 filed have been weeded out.
«However, this court cannot lose sight of the fact that the situation in record rooms of the district courts is grim and the process of weeding out of the record needs to be carried out expeditiously and monitored on a regular basis,» the bench said.
It asked the principal district and sessions judges of all the district courts to file quarterly reports in this court and listed the matter for compliance on September
