{"id":35045,"date":"2014-09-02T15:37:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T10:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35045"},"modified":"2014-09-02T15:37:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T10:07:26","slug":"prithviraj-chavan-seeks-government-pleaders-support-improve-conviction-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/prithviraj-chavan-seeks-government-pleaders-support-improve-conviction-rate","title":{"rendered":"Prithviraj Chavan seeks government pleaders&#8217; support to improve conviction rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font: 16px\/28px 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Maharashtra Chief Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Prithviraj-Chavan.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/prithviraj-chavan-seeks-government-pleaders-support-improve-conviction-rate\/prithviraj-chavan\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Prithviraj-Chavan.jpg?fit=395%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"395,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Prithviraj Chavan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Prithviraj-Chavan.jpg?fit=205%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-35050\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Prithviraj-Chavan-205x250.jpg?resize=205%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Prithviraj Chavan\" width=\"205\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Prithviraj-Chavan.jpg?resize=205%2C250&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Prithviraj-Chavan.jpg?resize=123%2C150&amp;ssl=1 123w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/Prithviraj-Chavan.jpg?w=395&amp;ssl=1 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>today said improving conviction rate is a challenge and sought support from government pleaders to make it possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 16px\/28px 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Addressing a conference of government pleaders here, Chavan said there were new challenges before the judicial system and the role of government pleaders was important.\u00a0&#8220;Pendency of court cases has come down but need more efforts,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; line-height: 28px; font-family: 'Open Sans', helvetica, arial; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;\">He also called for proper coordination and communication between government offices and government pleaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister today said improving conviction rate is a challenge and sought support from government pleaders to make it possible. 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