Mumbai:
Chief
metropolitan magistrate, Esplanade, Mumbai, P M Bansod
has said in a recent circular that all pending cheque-bouncing
criminal cases filed under section 138 of the Negotiable
Instruments Act, which are at present being heard exclusively
only by one court at each centre, will now be heard by
40 courts instead of the 13 courts. Directions have been
issued to distribute and transfer the cases police station-wise.
This has been done
pursuant to directions from Justice V G Palshikar and registrar S
R Sathe of the Bombay High Court. As part of the decentralisation
process, the pending cases are to be sent to the respective courts
exercising jurisdiction over the allotted police station.
Similarly, new cases are
to be filed in the respective courts as per the police station
jurisdiction. The metropolitan magistrates concerned
have been asked to report compliance of the high court direction,
for forwarding the same to the high court.
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