The judge opined that the High Court Registry had a part to play, as they are responsible for informing the judges of old cases. However, unless lawyers file an ‘urgent memo’, the Registry usually won’t list admitted cases except for final hearing.
“I am forced to say that there are some latches on the part of the registry also for this sorry state of affairs. It is the duty of the registry to report before the jurisdictional roster judge about the old cases, after getting permission from the Honourable Chief Justice. The jurisdictional judge may not be knowing about the old cases because in High court, the usual practice is that, once the cases are admitted, unless there is an urgent memo or a petition for an early hearing or other petitions for any directions, it will not be listed except for final hearing,” the judgment stated.
Source: Barandbench
