Deepak Kumar ری ٹویٹ کیا
This is a civil dispute over my ancestral land in Patna, that was usurped by a criminal who was later gunned down, that has been pending in district court for 17 years. For the first time, my father could not attend a hearing due to medical reasons. Despite this, the court imposed a cost of Rs 2,000.
At the next hearing on 26 February, he submitted medical documents explaining his absence. The judge gave a date of 30 March to consider whether the cost should be waived or not.
When my parents appeared again, after waiting for hours in difficult conditions as one can imagine, the judge stated in a matter of seconds that he had not had time to review the medical documents and simply gave another date.
Notably, this is the bench of a judge who joined in 2018, part of a younger cohort expected to be more responsive and efficient, which makes the conduct harder to justify.
This reflects a deeper problem. A judge takes more than a month for a minor procedural issue, yet does not review basic medical evidence and postpones the matter again. There appears to be no accountability for such delays.
If any other professional behaved this way, it would be unacceptable. Yet in the judiciary, litigants are expected to endure such repeated whimsical decisions.
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