Creation of new districts; HC asks Delhi govt to decide soon

Delhi High Court today directed the city government to decide by March 31 on lawyers' plea for creating additional districts in the national capital, charging it with failure to adhere to the concept of delivering justice at the doorstep.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked Delhi government to take decision on Dwarka Bar Association's plea against the Lieutenant Governor's (LG) July 2014 decision to create eleven districts instead of nine existing ones.
The bench asked the Delhi government to consider a report submitted by a committee revived by the court and take a decision on or before March 31, 2015.

The high court had set up the committee in September 2012 to look into the association's charges and give their report to the government. After the committee's term expired in 2013, the high court directed the government to revive it.
The government in July 2014 held the recommendations of the committee in abeyance and directed constitution of a fresh committee.
This order was today set aside by the high court which directed the government to "now consider the report submitted by the revived Committee and to take a decision thereon on or before March 31, 2015".

In September 2012 eleven districts/sessions divisions were created.

Dwarka Bar Association had moved the court against that notification creating 11 districts, alleging that it had caused great hardship to the people of south-west district and was contrary to the principle of justice at door step.
They had contended that due to the said notification, some areas nearer to Dwarka Court had fallen under the jurisdiction of a far away court complex.
The association had said in their plea that "constitution of a fresh committee was causing grave and substantial loss of public interest to residents of eight villages who have to transverse a distance of approximately 15 to 20 kilometres".