Section 170: Priority order for trying cases

1) The court shall proceed, hear and adjudicate cases as per the following order of priority:

(a) A case to which a person held in detention in the course of investigation is a party,

(b) A case to which a person remanded in custody for trial is a party,

(c) A case to which a person held in imprisonment is a party,

(d) A case to which a person with disability or a child is a party,

(e) A case to which a person with physical disability or a person of over seventy-five years of age is a party,

(f) A case relating to violence against woman,

(g) A case which is accorded priority in proceeding or hearing pursuant to law,

(h) A case registered earlier according to the order of registration of cases.

2) While proceeding and adjudicating any case involving any other persons, in addition to those mentioned in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of sub-section (1), as parties, proceeding, hearing and adjudication shall be made also in the case of such persons.

3) Out of the cases in which more than one person who are remanded in detention or custody are parties, the case of the person who has been held in detention or custody earlier shall be proceeded, heard and adjudicated first.

4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3), the court may, in view of the gravity and propriety of any case, proceed, hear and adjudicated such case by according to priority to it.