Thread by @lawbarandbench

#BombayHighCourt is hearing suo motu plea pertaining to pending cases against the MPs and MLAs in the States of #Maharashtra and #Goa.

@CMOMaharashtra @goacm

The Bench of Chief Justice and Justice SK Shinde initiated the proceedings in light of #SupremeCourt directions seeking expeditious disposal of such cases.

#BombayHighCourt

Court: Can you give us a list of matters where stay has been granted?
We will consider those matters, and then we will accordingly hear the matters and either extend interim matters or go on with the matters.

Court: By Monday give us a list of cases where the trial proceedings have been stayed by orders of High Court.
We have to rise early as one of our brother judges is demitting office.

#BombayHighCourt

Hearing to continue on Monday.

Following are the details given:

Pending criminal cases under #BombayHighCourt is 51. Breakup is as follows:
Principal seat - 19
Nagpur Bench - 9
Aurangabad Bench - 21
High Court at Goa - 2

Pending cases in trial courts of #Maharashtra and #Goa is 496.
Under principal seat - 201
Under Nagpur Bench - 126
Under Aurangabad Bench - 157
Under High Court at Goa - 20

Highest tally in Amravati - 45 followed by Parbhani - 40. Lowest is Gadchiroli - 0 and then Latur - 1

Some of legislators include:

Satej Patil
Nitesh Rane
Abu Azmi
Eknath Khadse
Subhash Deshmukh
Pankaj Bhujbal
Prafulla Patel
Anil Deshmukh
Bacchu Kadu
Sanjay Dhotre
Pranay Fuke
Sunil Kedar
Sandeepan Ghumre
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Anil Gote
Harshwardhan Jadhav
Dada Bhuse