Panchkula, April 20 “Every 17th person in the country has a case running in the court, nearly 30 million cases are pending in various courts of the country and this number is likely to increase unless something is done about it,” said Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Vijender Jain.
Addressing the first conclave of Judicial Officers of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh on Sunday, Jain highlighted the causes of delays in judgments and emphasised on the methods adopted by the courts to increase the pace of trials.
Jain said the main cause of delay in court cases are several loopholes in the law itself, inefficient police investigation methods, redundant and voluminous paperwork, lack of infrastructure and lack of judicial officers.
He added that they have decided to dispose of all pending cases in the High Court by December 31, by dividing them in three classes. In the first, the cases pending since 20 years will be disposed off and then cases pending since 10 years and thereafter cases pending since 5 years would be disposed off.
Around 1,000 cases in Punjab, 4,010 in Haryana and 300 in the Union Territory are pending at present.
He claimed that mobile courts in Haryana have shown excellent results in solving maximum cases.
He said that a mobile court covers around four blocks in Haryana and was successful in clearing the pending cases.
Justice J S Khehar stated that law and justice cannot be distant neighbours.
“Even if there is no fresh filing of cases, it would take about 100 years to dispose of the arrears of pending cases. It is the call of the nation that the Judiciary should overcome the problem of the arrears.”
He called upon the judicial officers to put work and duty in the forefront and respond to the call of the nation.
The conclave was attended by judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court along with 650 judicial officers from Punjab and Haryana.
Express news service
Posted online: Monday , April 21, 2008 at 12:14:31Updated: Monday , April 21, 2008 at 12:14:31
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