97 case files recalled from UP judge who gave 22 death orders in 4 months
A district judge in Muzaffarnagar has had 97 pending case files recalled following reports that he issued 22 death sentences in just four months. The judge, Ravi Kumar Diwakar, previously gained national attention for his role in the Gyanvapi mosque survey.
Why it matters
The administrative intervention raises questions about judicial conduct and the high frequency of capital punishment rulings in the Indian legal system.
MUZAFFARNAGAR: A total of 97 pending files involving murder and other heinous offences have been recalled from the court of additional district and sessions judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar, days after it emerged that he had awarded death sentences to 22 convicts in 10 cases over four months.The files were returned on the orders of the district and sessions judge Birendra Kumar Singh. “Yes, the files were returned from judge Diwakar’s court following the sessions judge’s order,” a senior official confirmed. The move came days after TOI’s report on Diwakar’s record of capital punishment verdicts in Muzaffarnagar.In the order released on Tuesday, the district and sessions judge’s court stated, “The case files currently pending in the court of the additional district and sessions judge/FTC, Court No.
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