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Kathmandu Friday November 03, 2000 Kartik 18, 2057.
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Dolakha backlog cases
reduced
Post Report
DOLAKHA, Nov 2 - The backlog of legal cases
in the district court has been greatly reduced this year as a result of a decline in
registration of new cases and an increased ratio of settling the cases by the court.
Nowadays, fewer cases are being registered
with the court after the Maoist insurgents settled many cases in different villages a few
months ago. They resolved many cases by bringing together both parties for arbitration in
different villages including Suri, Shailungeswor, Japhe, Khare and Sunkhani. This has
fueled to the fewer number of cases coming to the court.
Besides, the court has also, with the
addition of new judges, speeded up the process of resolving the cases filed with the
court.
Acording to the court, there was a backlog
of 1,081 cases in the fiscal year 1998-99 of which 363 cases were settled during the year.
However, 701 cases were settled during the fiscal year 1999-2000 out of a total 1,026
cases to be decided by the court.
According to a court record-keeper, 42
cases were settled last year by the end of the month of Asoj ( September-October), but 93
cases were settled in the same period of this year. Similarly, 70 cases were registered
last year by the end of the month of Asoj (September-October), but only 43 cases were
filed in the same period this year.
Court employees said this is the first time
in many years that the backlog of cases has been so few (slightly more than 300 for the
fiscal year 2000-2001).
Two cases related to Maoist workers filed
against Hem Bahadur Shrestha and Purna Bahadur Khadka were settled 7 months ago. Both of
them received a 10 year prison sentence.
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