Shocked to learn that a judge of the Madras High Court is yet to deliver a judgment reserved six months ago, Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari on Wednesday said no verdict should remain reserved for more than two months.
Presiding over the first Division Bench along with Justice N. Mala, the Chief Justice was hearing a case related to Indian Red Cross Society when he was told that, in a connected case, another judge had reserved his verdict six months ago.
"Six months ago?" the Chief Justice exclaimed and said that no judgment should remain reserved beyond two months. He said such a long delay in pronouncing verdicts would cause trouble to lawyers and litigants. Even the judges cannot remember any of the arguments.
