Lucknow, Jul 27 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh chief secretary appeared before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court after it took a stern view of the delay in establishing 900 new courts in the state, and informed the bench that the proposal has received the chief minister’s in-principle approval.
Seeking two months’ time to complete the remaining formalities and issue the government order, the chief secretary said the proposal would now be placed before the Council of Ministers.
Accepting the request, the bench fixed September 21 as the next date of hearing.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh was hearing a suo motu public interest litigation on strengthening the state’s judicial infrastructure through the creation of 9,149 new courts.
During the hearing on July 23, the bench noted that the state government’s high-level committee had accorded in-principle approval in October 2024 for setting up 900 courts in the first phase. These include 225 Higher Judicial Service courts, 375 Civil Judge (Senior Division) courts and 300 Civil Judge (Junior Division) courts.
In an earlier order, the court had observed that instead of taking a concrete decision, the state government was repeatedly raising fresh and untenable issues, thereby delaying the establishment of the courts.
Expressing its displeasure, the bench had summoned the chief secretary and the principal secretary (law).
In compliance with the court’s directions, the chief secretary appeared before the bench along with the principal secretary (law) and informed the court that the government order creating the 900 courts would be issued after the proposal receives Cabinet approval. PTI COR KIS RUK RUK
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