{"id":8060,"date":"2011-01-05T15:45:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T10:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=8060"},"modified":"2011-01-05T15:45:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T10:15:56","slug":"settle-corruption-cases-speedily-himachal-courts-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/settle-corruption-cases-speedily-himachal-courts-told","title":{"rendered":"Settle corruption cases speedily, Himachal courts told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Courts-Chief-Justice-Kurian-Joseph.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/settle-corruption-cases-speedily-himachal-courts-told\/himachal-pradesh-high-courts-chief-justice-kurian-joseph\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Courts-Chief-Justice-Kurian-Joseph.jpg?fit=298%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"298,169\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Himachal Pradesh High Court&amp;#8217;s Chief Justice Kurian Joseph\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Courts-Chief-Justice-Kurian-Joseph.jpg?fit=298%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8061\" title=\"Himachal Pradesh High Court's Chief Justice Kurian Joseph\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Courts-Chief-Justice-Kurian-Joseph.jpg?resize=298%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Courts-Chief-Justice-Kurian-Joseph.jpg?w=298&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/01\/Himachal-Pradesh-High-Courts-Chief-Justice-Kurian-Joseph.jpg?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>Himachal Pradesh High Court&#8217;s Chief Justice Kurian Joseph has directed all the session judges in the state to dispose of corruption cases on a priority basis, an official statement said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a missive to the session judges, Justice Joseph has directed them to dispose of corruption cases prior to 2008 by June 30, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He also directed the sessions judges and the additional sessions judges to submit a monthly progress report regarding the disposal of corruption cases to the high court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The trial and disposal of corruption cases would be monitored by the chief justice,&#8221; said the statement.<\/p>\n<p>At present, there are 279 corruption cases pending in various session courts, whereas the high court has 120 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himachal Pradesh High Court&#8217;s Chief Justice Kurian Joseph has directed all the session judges in the state to dispose of corruption cases on a priority basis, an official statement said Tuesday. 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