Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, Sep 09, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, Sep 09, 2002 |
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Courts/Legal Issues `IT can help ease backlog in courts' Our Bureau
NEW DELHI, Sept. 8 APPLICATION of information technology in the courts can solve the problem of judicial arrears in a big way. This has been stated by the Union Law and Justice Minister, Mr K. Jana Krishnamurthi, at the FICCI-Bar Council of India jointly organised `National conference on legal and judicial reforms', here. Citing the example of the Lord Chancellor's Department, which publishes the Judicial Statistics Annual Report in the UK, he said designing a similar judicial database was urgently required. Elaborating this, he further said this database would facilitate the process of solving the vexed problem of arrears in the judiciary by providing details such as the number of cases filed daily and the section of the Act under which the cause of action is invoked. On the initiatives that had been taken by the Government to eliminate procedural delays in justice, he said fast track courts had been set up to expedite cases. He further stated that the State Governments had been spending an approximate amount of Rs 430 crore annually for the maintenance of remand prisoners alone. On this issue, he said, "Any citizen of India should not be deprived of his freedom a minute longer than what the law requires". Also, an International Centre for Alternate Disputes Solution had been set up for alternate resolution of disputes. Explaining this, the Minister said changes in the economic pattern of the country along with the keen interest shown by MNCs had made arbitration a necessary tool to settle commercial disputes. Therefore, the idea behind setting up this international centre was to remove judicial bottlenecks. He also urged the setting up of zonal centres of excellence that would impart legal education like the one in Bangalore.
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