Delhi High Court detained AAP government for failing to sanction district court funds
New Delhi:
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court detained the AAP government for failing to sanction funds for the basic requirements of district courts, which are generating huge revenues through the collection of fines, traffic tickets and court fees, saying it wanted kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
A bank of judges Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad commented: “115 million rupees collected through virtual traffic tickets by district courts. What do you (the Delhi government) want? Do you want to kill the chicken of the golden eggs? “
Reetesh Singh, Special Service Officer (Exam), informed the High Court that in 2018-19, the District Courts collected fines of Rs 80 million and sold Rs 90 million worth of court fees, which were deposited with the government. from Delhi.
In 2019-20, fines of Rs 89 crore were collected and court fees of Rs 102 crore were sold and from July 2019 to October 12, 2020, traffic courts have collected traffic challans of Rs 115 crore.
To this, the court said: “Despite the aforementioned finances generated by the district courts, they are being deprived of funds for the basic operating requirements of a court that cannot be tolerated.”
The court also criticized the Delhi government for making the subordinate judiciary “run from pillar to post” to obtain funding for hiring support staff, which has been flatly stopped, and asked if it wanted judicial officials to carry out procedures of “chaupals”. .
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