'Courts Run By Humans, Not AI': Bombay High Court Refuses Out-of-Turn Hearing For 2021 Appeal, Says 30 Yr Old Cases Pending

While refusing to expedite the hearing in a First Appeal pending since 2021, the Bombay High Court recently remarked that it is not humanly possible to dispose of First Appeals at the admission stage itself as the courts dealing with these cases are run by humans and not artificial intelligence.Justice Jitendra Jain pointed out that there are matters which are pending in the court for more than 30 years and thus, 'out of turn' matters cannot be considered. "The prayer for expediting the hearing cannot be considered for following reasons. There are matters which are pending for more than 30 years in this Court and there is no special case made out for this appeal to be heard prior to those matters," Justice Jain said in the order passed on March 25. At present, Justice Jain is dealing with the First Appeals under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Workmen Compensation Act, 1923 etc. He noted that several such appeals are pending for decades, awaiting compensation."There where the applicant is waiting for last more than 15 years to get compensation of few lakhs. The Court has to give priority to such appeals. The Court is conscious that the matters should be disposed of at the earliest, but looking at the docket of the Court, it is not possible for this Court to dispose of all the matters finally at the admission stage. This is humanly impossible and the Courts are run by humans and not by artificial intelligence," Justice Jain observed. With these observations, the judge dismissed the interim application filed in the First Appeal seeking expedition of hearing of the appeal and disposal of the same at the admission stage itself.Appearance:AdvocateLeena Shah instructed by M/s. Shah and Furia Associates appeared for the Applicant.Advocate Gauraj Shah instructed by Kanga & Co. Represented the Defendant.Case Title: Devang Champaklal Goradia vs Dipak Patel (Interim Application 30050 of 2022)Click Here To Read/Download Order

'Courts Run By Humans, Not AI': Bombay High Court Refuses Out-of-Turn Hearing For 2021 Appeal, Says 30 Yr Old Cases Pending

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