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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD, RAJESH SHANKAR, ARUN KUMAR RAI
Court on its own motion – Appellant
Versus
Registrar General, High Court of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The present case has been registered by this Court on its own motion on the basis of the report of the learned Registrar General, with respect to passing of an order by a Division Bench of this Court dated 30.07.2024 in Filing No.:- Cr.Appeal (D.B.) No.17440 of 2024, whereby the operational system of filing brought in effect by way of Standing Order No.9 of 2024, dated 09.07.2024, issued by the order of the then Hon’ble the Chief Justice, has been directed to be stayed.
2. Faced with such a situation, and after going through the order passed by the learned Division Bench, a Full Bench was constituted in order to deal with the prevalent situation.
3. The learned Division Bench has passed the following order :-
“This matter has been listed today, with a filing number. The matter is yet to be registered.
2. The matter is still defective. Office has also raised an objection on maintainability.
3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that he was unaware that the matter would be listed today. He submits that he did not even know about the progress of the matter as it was difficult for him to track the matter since the same was not even registered and without being registered
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