Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) On receipt of the monthly returns, the Sessions Judge or the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be shall, scrutinise them and after making such remarks on them, as he may think proper, he shall forward the returns to the High Court not later than 15th of the month. These returns need not be accompanied by a letter, but the Sessions Judge or the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate will note upon them the date of receipt and of despatch by himself and the cause of any delay exceeding fifteen days in his own office. (2) The monthly returns in forms A-1, A-2 should be forwarded by the District and Sessions Judge to the High Court every month along with the remarks about the out turn of the work etc. The returns for month of March, June, September, and December only should be submitted to the High Court duly consolidated and for the rest of the months, the returns need not be consolidated but two copies of the statements received from the subordinate Courts should be stitched together and forwarded to the High Court after proper scrutiny. 3 (a) The monthly returns in form No. 1, of the Metropolitan Magistrates and of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate should be sent by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to the High Court, in accordance with sub-paragraph (2). (b) The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate should submit the statement in form No. 2 to the High Court at the end of each quarter in accordance with sub-paragraph (2). (4) The returns of all the Magistrates received by the Sessions Judge or the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be, should be sent together and not separately. The returns received from the Magistrates in the cases in which the returns are blank, need not be sent to the High Court. (5) The Sessions Judge or the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be, while forwarding the returns to the High Court should express his opinion as to the adequacy or otherwise of the disposals of each Magistrate. (6) Copies of the remarks made on the returns by the Sessions Judge or the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be, should be sent to the Magistrate concerned.