The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday February 5 1923

If it is correct that the number of judicial officers required is determined mainly by the amount of pending work we think it overlooks the importance of the sufficiency of the work done. [...] The first of these considerations is that the space in your journal may not admit of the public&s tion of any detailed scheme and the next consideration is that the readers of your ;ournal are too -intelligent to --require any further assistance to understand the principles of my suggestions. [...] For if it be found that the additional criminal work of a station combined with the additional civil work of that station exceeds the work of one full officer it will be expedient to employ a Munsif to work for a portion of the year to clear off the arrears of civil work the criminal work being never allowed to accumulate by special_ orders of the Honourable High. [...] However this proposal arises directly from the separation of judicial and executive functions the country should urge the District Officers to take up the control of the Police when the District Boards the Municipalities and the ecriminal work have been taken away from their hands. [...] paid were in excess of the scale of fees laid down in r. 32 of the taxation rules ; that tie whole of the excess fens paid had been 'diallowed by the Taxing Officer ; aid that.tliZrz wes no application by the Defendant to )tny judge for a review c" the decision of the T.47Kirig Officer : Held.—That tl e solicitor being an officer of the Court w's entitled to -retain whatever monies the rr