Electricity Act, 2003
153. Constitution of Special Courts.-
1. The State Government
may, for the purposes of providing speedy trial of offences referred to in
sections 135 to 140 and section 150, by notification in the Official Gazette,
constitute as many Special Courts as may be necessary for such area or areas,
as may be specified in the notification.
2. A Special Court shall
consist of a single Judge who shall be appointed by the State Government with
the concurrence of the High Court.
3. A person shall not be
qualified for appointment as a judge of a Special Court unless he was,
immediately before such appointment, an Additional District and Sessions Judge.
4. Where the office of
the Judge of a Special Court is vacant, or such Judge is absent from the
ordinary place of sitting of such Special Court, or he is incapacitated by
illness or otherwise for the performance of his duties, any urgent business in
the Special Court shall be disposed of--
a. by a Judge, if any,
exercising jurisdiction in the Special Court;
b. where there is no
such other Judge available, in accordance with the direction of District and
Sessions Judge having jurisdiction over the ordinary place of sitting of
Special Court, as notified under sub-section (1).