The Supreme Court has initiated a suo motu case to examine the adverse effects of stay orders granted by courts on the pace of criminal trials..The matter titled In Re: Adverse Effects of Stay Orders Granted by Appellate Courts on the Pace of Trials Despite Paramaters for Grant of Such Stays, Laid Down by this Hon'ble Court will be heard on December 9 by a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar..Notably, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court had in February set aside a 2018 ruling of the apex court that had limited the life of interim stay orders granted by courts in civil and criminal cases to six months. It had earlier too acknowledged the drawbacks of prolonging stay orders..In the February judgment, the Supreme Court Court said that the pattern of pendency of cases in every court including High Courts is different and hence, any out-of-turn priority for certain cases is best left to the concerned court..What happened in last 10 suo motu cases before Supreme Court
