Ranchi, March 14 -- The Jharkhand High Court has put on hold its March 12 order to discontinue the morning court system in the state's subordinate judiciary from April. In a notification, Registrar General Manoj Prasad today informed all Principal District and Sessions Judges, including the Judicial Commissioner of Ranchi, that the decision to end morning courts should be kept in abeyance until further instructions from the court.
On March 12, the High Court issued a notification announcing the discontinuation of morning courts in Jharkhand's lower judiciary. Traditionally, morning courts operate from the first Monday of April until the last Saturday of June each year.
The practice of morning court sessions dates back to the colonial era ...