# DIARY OF PRESIDING OFFICER

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 189/VIIIb-121
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1976-11-25
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 189/VIIIb-121
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/diary-of-presiding-officer-163708
- **Pages:** 1

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3.
DIARY OF PRESIDING OFFICER
(i)
Proforma
C.L. No. 189/VIIIb-121 dated 25th November, 1976

It invites attention to rule 5-B and rule 11-A of General Rules (Criminal)
regarding maintenance of a court diary by the presiding officers and a register of
processes issued in criminal matters respectively in the prescribed proforma.

All the courts are directed to maintain a court diary in the proforma given in
Annexure-1 and a register of processes in the proforma given in Annexure-II.
As modified by C.L. No. 6/VIIIb-121 dated 7th January, 1977
ANNEXURE ̳I'
Court diary
Case No.
 and
date of
institution
The number of times already adjourned
Particulars
Purpose Rough
estimate
Remarks
At the instance
of prosecution/
complainant
(P)/(C)
At
the
instance
of Defence
(D)
For other
reasons
(O)
P.S. Section
Name
of
parties

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
(Note: Outcome of the case and in the event of adjournment, the adjourned dates, shall
also be noted in the remarks column)
ANNEXURE II
REGISTER OF PROCESSES ISSUED IN CRIMINAL MATTERS
Particulars
 of
cases
Date
of
order
for
issue
of process
Date of
despatch
of
process
from
court
No. and
description
of
processes
with
names
Initials with
date of police
or other
officials
receiving
processes
Name of
Thana or
Distt. to
which
process
sent
Date
fixed
for
 return
Actual
date
of
return
Remarks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
C.L. No. 131/VIIIb-121 dated 21st November, 1978, and
C.L. No. 45/VIIIb-121 Admn. (G) (8) dated 20th July, 1983
The court diaries shall be maintained by the presiding officers of the courts in
their own handwriting and all the columns of the said diary including columns 2A, 2B
and 2C relating to adjournments are also to be filled up by the presiding officers
themselves.
C.L. No. 56/VIII-b-121 dated 6th July, 1973
Presiding Officers should avoid ambiguity while making entries in their diary and
should clearly mention the purpose for which the case is fixed on a particular date in the
purpose column. Vague words like P.H. and F.H. should not be used and the purpose
shown in the diary should tally with the business done on a particular date. ―Remarks
column‖ should indicate the outcome of the case, the number of witnesses examined, the