2015 (7) TMI 1184

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....ppreciate the evidence on account of the fact that though the Orders were reserved on 8.3.2004, they were pronounced on 9.3.2010, after completing six years of a hiatus period. Coupled with the submission was the plea that the IPAB did not discuss the evidence and thus, there has been non -appreciation of the evidence. We had directed the records to be produced by the Registrar of the Second Respondent, (Mr. Dharam Singh has since retired from office) or to be produced by the IPAB, depending upon where the records were. We further called upon the particulars of all Orders pronounced from 2013 onwards, giving their dates when they were reserved, along with cases in which Orders have been reserved and are awaiting judgments. This direction wa....

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....umber of Judges, insufficiency of infrastructure, strike of Lawyers and circumstances attributable to the State, which is understandable, but once the entire process of participation in the Justice Delivery System is over and the only thing to be done is the pronouncement of Judgment, no excuse can be found to further delay adjudication of the rights of the parties. The Honourable Supreme Court thus found it appropriate to lay down the following guidelines regarding pronouncement of judgments and observed that they shall be strictly followed and implemented, considering them as self -imposed restraints: "(i) The Chief Justices of the High Courts may issue appropriate directions to the Registry that in case where the Judgment is res....

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.... not pronounced within a period of six months, any of the parties of the said lis shall be entitled to move an Application before the Chief Justice of the High Court with a prayer to withdraw the said case and to make it over to any other Bench for fresh arguments. It is open to the Chief Justice to grant the said prayer or to pass any other order as deems fit in the circumstances." 4. The Tribunals are specialised forums to look into a particular subject matter and thus, if one may say, are expected to adhere to the aforesaid even more than of a Court, which is dealing with innumerable kinds of subjects and litigations. Thus, what applies to a Court would equally apply to the Tribunals and it is necessary to circulate the aforesaid Judg....