# Maintenance of registers by the office - **Citation:** C.L. NO. 15/VIII-B-6 - **Court:** Allahabad High Court - **Decided:** 1952-01-23 - **Case number:** C.L. NO. 15/VIII-B-6 - **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/maintenance-of-registers-by-the-office-162619 - **Pages:** 2 ## Text 320 4. Pending file 5. Diaries 6. Maintenance of registers by the office 7. Weekly cause list 8. Handling of cases with reference to : (a) Granting remands (b) Cases of under-trials in jail, if taken up expeditiously, (c) Bail orders, if properly passed, (d) Securities, if properly accepted, (e) Charges, if framed properly, (f) Summoning of witnesses and service on them, (g) Adjournments, if properly granted, (h) Commitment proceedings: - (i) If all witnesses of fact and medical witnesses for the prosecution examined. (ii) If calendars prepared properly, (iii) Whether documents given to the accused at the proper stage as required by section 173, Criminal Procedure Code, (iv) Whether proper control exercised over the proceedings and recording of evidence. (v) Examination of records of about 20 pending cases of various types. C.L. NO. 15/VIII-B-6 DATED 23RD JANUARY, 1952 While inspecting subordinate courts, District Judges should look into the manner of disposal of interlocutory applications by presiding officers and the court staff. Presiding Officers should also, when inspecting the work of their clerks, see how the office has dealt with such applications. C.L. NO. 30/VIII-B-121 DATED 14TH MARCH, 1953 District Judges should while inspecting the courts also see whether the case diary prescribed under rule 401, Chapter XVI of the General Rules (Civil), 1957 has been properly maintained by presiding officers in their own hand. C.L. NO. 46/VIIIB-121 ADMN.(G)(8) DATED 20TH JULY, 1983 The District Judges should ensure strict compliance of directions regarding maintenance of diary by Presiding Officers in their own handwriting while inspecting the courts; they should particularly see this matter and it should find mention in the inspection notes. C.L. NO. 13 DATED 20TH DECEMBER, 1902 District Judges should also see whether a blank page has been inserted at the beginning of each copy of General Rules (Civil) and (Criminal) and the serial number of each correction slip received from the press has been noted thereon alongwith (a) the date of amendment and (b) the number of the rule amended; and mention in his inspection notes whether the copy of the Rules is up-to-date. 321 C.L. NO. 15/H-150 DATED 27TH FEBRUARY, 1950 District Judges will be allowed credit for inspection work according to the actual time spent by them provided it is considered reasonable by the High Court. 5. INSPECTION BY OFFICER-IN-CHARGE C.L. NO. 61/VIIIB-82 DATED 20TH MAY, 1980 In all the judgeships the officer-in-charge, copying-section, should make frequent surprise visits to copying section in order to streamline its working and to remove the bottlenecks. C.L. NO. 107 DATED 17TH OCTOBER, 1952 An annual check of the go down by the officer-in-charge and an occasional check by the District and Sessions Judge are necessary and should be made. 6. INSPECTION BY CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATES (i) Of under trials in jail G.L. NO. 38/ADMN. (B) DATED 9TH DECEMBER, 1968 The Chief Judicial Magistrate (Now Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate vide C.L. No. 198/Admn. Dated 10.12.76) alone shall inspect the jail at least once in a month to ascertain the position of the under-trials and send a copy of his inspection note to the District Judge for necessary action in regard to his findings. He will be allowed half-day for this work. (ii) Of courts and offices G.L. NO. 1/ADMN. (B) DATED 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1974 The Chief Judicial Magistrates and Judicial Magistrates shall inspect their offices effectively in every branch once in every quarter as provided in rule 611 of General Rules (Civil), 1957. The Chief Judicial Magistrates shall also make quarterly inspections of the courts and offices of the Judicial Magistrates including Munsif Magistrates (in so far as their criminal work is concerned) and Special Judicial Magistrates and submit their inspection note to their District Judges, Such inspections will not ordinarily take more than a day for each court inspected by them. C.L. NO. 198/ADMN. (A) DATED 10TH DECEMBER, 1976 The Court has been pleased to allocate the Administrative work hitherto done by the Chief Judicial Magistrates as under: The Chief Judicial Magistrates will as far as possible, assign half the officers to be inspected by him and the rest by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates. The inspection notes of the District Judge/Chief Judicial Magistrates/Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates will be sent to the successor-inspecting officer. Henceforth all the District Judges will also inspect the criminal work of the Judicial Magistrates and Munsif Magistrates in addition to civil work. Jail inspections will be made by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates only.