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"KOLKATA: The acting chief justice of Calcutta High Court will from now on hear chit fund cases. The development will take similar initiatives of the high court in the past a step forward.In 2016, then Chief Justice Manjula Chellur had announced the constitution of a special bench for speedy disposal of chit fund-related cases in the wake of 150 pending petitions. In 2020, then Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan set up a two-judge bench to exclusively hear chit fund petitions. Now, acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal has taken up the responsibility of hearing such petitions every Friday along with public interest litigations. Additional solicitor-general Y J Dastoor objected to the proposal, saying how the court could hear PILs and also bail pleas by those arrested in chit fund cases at the same time. The acting chief justice turned down the objection and held that he would hear a couple of chit fund petitions from now on. Senior lawyers have welcomed the move because they feel that adjudication of chit fund matters under “one umbrella” will ensure speedy disposal.Follow and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin"
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