A week since evening courts to hear bounced-cheque cases had been inaugurated at the Dadar and Kurla magistrate’s courts, only one such case has been transferred, and it hasn’t been heard yet. This is because lawyers believe they are so overworked that they have no time for evening cases.
The courts, with a 6-8 pm schedule, were set up to deal with 20, 000 pending cases on bounced cheques. Advocate Jayesh Kanani, who specialises in such cases, said, “We come to court at 10.30 in the morning. We handle our cases at different courts around Mumbai and now we are expected to argue cases in the evening again. We are left with no time to prepare before arguing in the court.”
A court employee also cited a shortage of resources. “We have no typist for the evening court. Another clerk, meant only to call out a case, doubles up as typist. Having a non-specialist to work as a typist involves a high risk of errors.”
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