Court Correspondent :
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said on Wednesday that provisions of the Mobile Court Act are contrary to some sections of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
“We will give you a chart demonstrating the sections of mobile court act that are contrary to the CrPC,” the Chief Justice told the Attorney General Mahbubey Alam while disposing off three leave to appeal petitions against a High Court ban on the mobile courts.
A six-member bench of the Appellate Divison, headed by the Chief Justice, during the hearing, granted another extension to the stay order on the High Court ban.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told the court that mobile courts need to operate to stop different types of crimes including catching fish by current net. The current net was earlier banned.
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha replied that the court already declared fishing by current nets illegal. “We have information that you (AG) are compromising (with the local administration) as you are contesting in the next election,” the Chief Justice added. He also said that the court will settle the case in according with the law.
Later, the court adjourned the hearing of the leave to appeal petition till October 10 as the Attorney General prayed for time to take preparation for making his submissions on the petition.
