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Specialised courts indispensable: CJ Kathmandu, Nov. 8 (RSS): An arrangement is going to be made for setting up separate benches for settling civil and criminal cases in district courts in view of the 2055-detailed report of the court management committee. Separate benches will be set up next year in the districts of Kaski, Siraha and Kapilvastu on trial basis. Homework is being made on legal aspects, development of human resources and physical infrastructures for setting up such benches in district courts as per an agreement between the Supreme Court and the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) for reform in the judiciary. A one-day interaction programme was organised on the occasion of Constitution Day today jointly by the Supreme Court and the UNDP on setting up civil and criminal benches in pilot courts with the objective of dispensing justice without delay and without hassles. Chief Justice Keshav Prasad Upadhyay, who was inaugurating the programme, said setting up specialised courts is indispensable for providing social and economic justice as envisaged by the present Constitution and also spoke of the need to develop necessary manpower. Upadhyay also drew the government’s attention to the need of framing laws for setting up mediation centers at local level to settle minor disputes. Stating that there are now no cases filed in Achham and Manang districts and the trend of not registering the cases in other courts as well is intensifying as compared to previous years, the Chief Justice observed that if such courts are merged into other district courts, it will be easier for us to collect human and financial resources. Supreme Court Justice Laxman Prasad Aryal, from the chair, spoke of the need to strengthen courts so that they can offer justice in a prompt way. Various other speakers including registrar at the Supreme Court Sri Prasad Pandit, deputy resident representative of UNDP Alessandra Tisot and Chief Judge at the Baglung Appellate Court Raghav Lal Vaidya. Judges Jagadish Sharma Paudel, Dr. Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada had presented working papers on various subjects on the occasion. Other Stories |
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