PATNA: The Patna high court has decided to abolish evening courts and instead introduce shift court from 12.30 to 2.30 pm, according to chairman, Bihar State Bar Council, Baleshwar Prasad Sharma.
Sharma said the evening courts had been shifted to day hours after the morning court hours during summer in all the district courts. A decision to this effect was taken by the standing committee of Patna high court on April 19, which was communicated to the Bihar State Bar Council on Saturday. Sharma said during summer, the district courts are held from 7 am to 12 noon, so the high court has decided to shift the two-hour evening courts to 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm.
A letter of the registrar general of Patna high court informed the Bihar State Bar Council of the decision and added that the standing committee would further examine the feasibility of shifting these two-hour courts to morning hours from 8 am to 10 am from July 1 when the district civil courts would work from 10.30 am. Sharma said the letter would be placed before its general body meeting. He told TOI the council has agreed to the standing committee’s decision.
It may be recalled that the evening courts were started from December 6 and the lawyers had been boycotting it from that date at the call of the state bar council.PATNA: The Patna high court has decided to abolish evening courts and instead introduce shift court from 12.30 to 2.30 pm, according to chairman, Bihar State Bar Council, Baleshwar Prasad Sharma.
Sharma said the evening courts had been shifted to day hours after the morning court hours during summer in all the district courts. A decision to this effect was taken by the standing committee of Patna high court on April 19, which was communicated to the Bihar State Bar Council on Saturday. Sharma said during summer, the district courts are held from 7 am to 12 noon, so the high court has decided to shift the two-hour evening courts to 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm.
A letter of the registrar general of Patna high court informed the Bihar State Bar Council of the decision and added that the standing committee would further examine the feasibility of shifting these two-hour courts to morning hours from 8 am to 10 am from July 1 when the district civil courts would work from 10.30 am. Sharma said the letter would be placed before its general body meeting. He told TOI the council has agreed to the standing committee’s decision.
It may be recalled that the evening courts were started from December 6 and the lawyers had been boycotting it from that date at the call of the state bar council.
Bihar to have shift courts instead of evening courts
May 2, 2011 •