Law panel study on backlog of cases sought

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The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will ask the Law Commission to undertake a study on the additional courts and judges needed in lower judiciary to tackle piled up cases.

The government assured the court that it will “request the Law Commission to consider and convey to the government … its recommendations to standardize the definition of arrears and … setting up of additional courts and posts in lower judiciary for the purpose of tackling arrears.”

The affidavit was filed by S.S. Chahar, joint secretary and legal advisor, law and justice ministry, in response to a Jan 12 apex court direction.

Justice A.K. Ganguly and Justice T.S. Thakur had sought details on the requirement of additional courts.

The Law Commission had suo motu taken up for consideration improvements in justice delivery system in district and subordinate courts, the affidavit said.

“The Law Commission will submit a part-report, in this regard at the earliest, to the government, incorporating concrete proposals for reforms in certain areas,” the ministry told the court.

The government said the backlog of cases was linked “not only on the number of courts” but also on factors like “awareness generation, court processes, co-operation of members of bar, quality of legal education, policy and legislation, method of recruitment and quality of manpower addressing the disposal of cases”.

The Law Commission was also considering factors which hamper quick and effective access to justice and would submit its recommendations to the court, the affidavit said.

The central government sought to share the blame for case arrears with the high courts and state governments.

It said the “requirement of setting up additional courts as well as creating additional branches in the respective courts is in the domain of each of the high courts and the state governments”.

 

 

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  1. 1. One method could be to use scientific means of arriving at the truth. Thus if a person files a false case with the help of a “qualified” advocate just to coerce and extort money from defendants ,he should be severely punished. It is not diofficult these days to fabricate documents like voters ID card,ration card andf passport etc. A person who falsely claims to be an heir to some property he should be subjected to a DNA test.Thus the case can be solved in seven days instead of the case clogging the Courts for decades. There is no question of right of privacy when the dishonest Plaintiff uses this righht of privacy as a Shield. Once the LOCUS less plaintiff claims a false ocus there is no privacy involved. The TRUTH must prevail. FIAT JUSTCIA, RUAT CAELUM.- LET JUSTICE BE DONE THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL. Once it gets known that the DNA TEST awaits the” Pretenders”, quite a few cases would disappear overnight. A Pleader who undertakes suich paterntly false cases should too be tackled by the Courts adequately.

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