Overview
- A Division Bench of Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia on January 21 refused to order FIR registration in the case of the Saket court ahlmad’s death by suicide.
- The court stated that any legal action will follow the outcome of the Section 194 proceedings before the executive magistrate, with the postmortem report awaited.
- The High Court recorded an audit to map vacancy, occupancy and workload of class-3 staff across Delhi’s district courts to guide rationalisation and hiring.
- A PIL by Anand Legal Aid Forum Trust seeking an FIR, a judicial inquiry and directions to fill clerical posts was disposed of after the court noted ongoing legal and administrative measures.
- The bench noted the staffer was promoted as ahlmad in November and worked in a fully digitised court, questioned claims he handled 3,000 files, and said lawful relief is being extended to his family.