Help fast track commercial dispute cases: Law Min to CJI

The government has reached out to the Chief Justice of India to ensure commercial disputes in the lower courts are adjudicated at a faster pace without unnecessary adjournments and summons are delivered to warring parties electronically.

In a letter to CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the Supreme Court can provide the "necessary leadership" for the proper implementation of the existing provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to grant of adjournment, adherence to timelines and electronic filing and electronic service of summons in 71 city courts – 11 in Delhi and 60 in Mumbai– immediately.