NEW DELHI: At a time when over four crore cases are pending in trial courts making litigants cry for speedy justice, a Bihar district judge on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that he has been suspended by the Patna High Court purportedly for completing trials at express speed and seeking retrospective promotion.
Appearing for the district judge S K Rai, senior advocate Vikas Singh requested a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana for early listing of his petition as the district judge has ostensibly been kept under suspension for completing trial in two Pocso cases within one day and four days and imposing life and death sentence, respectively. The CJI agreed to list the petition for hearing on Friday.
