Similar to the existing evening courts, the 12 new courts will be open for two extra hours between 5 and 7 in the evenings. The courts will first handle cases pertaining to the Negotiable Instruments Act and then move on to handling cases involving petty offences, said I S Mehta, Judge-in-charge, Dwarka district court.

Metropolitan magistrates will be empowered to decide cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act on a rotation basis for bounced cheques up to an amount of Rs 25,000. These cases will be transferred to them from all magisterial courts of that complex. Cases will be referred to evening courts with the consent of the parties concerned, and if these courts fail to arrive at a solution for a particular matter, it will be returned to the referral court for routine adjudication.