New Delhi, Feb 28: Supreme Court Of India Is to pronounce Judgment Today on reference against the 2018 judgment in Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency P. Ltd. Director V. Central Bureau of Investigation as per which interim orders of stay granted by High Courts and other courts in civil and criminal trials will automatically expire after a period of six months unless the orders are specifically extended.
The bench comprised Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Abhay S Oka, Justice JB Pardiwala, Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Manoj Misra had reserved the judgment on December 13.
As per the Asian Resurfacing dictum, trial courts can automatically resume trials in criminal and civil cases, after six months from the stay orders passed by the higher courts (except the Supreme Court), without any further notice to the parties, if there is no extension order.
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