HC: Courts for bomb blasts not special, can hear other cases tooTNN | Jun 21, 2018, 00:16 IST
Chennai: The Madras high court has clarified that the exclusive sessions court for bomb blast cases in Chennai and Coimbatore are not special courts established under any statute, but are ordinary additional sessions courts created to lessen the burden of the existing courts.
A division bench of Justice R Subbiah and Justice G Jayachandran made the clarification while directing the subordinate courts not to mechanically transfer all cases registered under the Explosive Substances Act to the two courts.
The bench passed the direction on a batch of pleas moved by M Manimuthu and five others challenging the orders passed by sessions judges of various districts, transferring the trial of such cases to Chennai and Coimbatore bomb blast courts.
“These two courts are not akin to the special courts for NDPS cases, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cases. They are similar to the mahila courts (sessions level) functioning in various districts to deal with offences against women,” the bench clarified.
Chennai: The Madras high court has clarified that the exclusive sessions court for bomb blast cases in Chennai and Coimbatore are not special courts established under any statute, but are ordinary additional sessions courts created to lessen the burden of the existing courts.
A division bench of Justice R Subbiah and Justice G Jayachandran made the clarification while directing the subordinate courts not to mechanically transfer all cases registered under the Explosive Substances Act to the two courts.
The bench passed the direction on a batch of pleas moved by M Manimuthu and five others challenging the orders passed by sessions judges of various districts, transferring the trial of such cases to Chennai and Coimbatore bomb blast courts.
“These two courts are not akin to the special courts for NDPS cases, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act cases. They are similar to the mahila courts (sessions level) functioning in various districts to deal with offences against women,” the bench clarified.
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