15th October, 2020, New
Delhi
The Supreme Court today ruled all
stay orders all over the country to be automatically expired in 6 months. The
Court observed :
We must remind the Magistrates all over the country that in our
pyramidical structure under the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court is at
the Apex, and the High Courts, though not subordinate administratively, are
certainly subordinate judicially. This kind of orders fly in the face of para
35 of our judgment. We expect that the Magistrates all over the country will follow our order in letter and spirit. Whatever stay has
been granted by any court including the High Court automatically expires within
a period of six months, and unless extension is granted for good reason, as per
our judgment, within the next six months, the trial Court is, on the expiry of
the first period of six months, to set a date for the trial and go ahead with the
same.