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| JK still gasping for speedy delivery of justice | | 3-day State-level Mediation Workshop | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 7: At a time when the experts in law are giving various suggestions to the government for speedy delivery of justice in the courts of the state, the numbers coming to fore only paint a grim picture of non- seriousness of the previous regimes to empower the institutions of justice .
As per the reports, the 3-day brain storming workshop at SKICC, Srinagar from October 5 to October 7 witnessed as many as nine extensive sessions on varied topics related to the Mediation process in the country which were conducted by the legal experts of national and international repute. The experts deliberated in detail and explained to the local judges and lawyers the techniques to encourage and convince the parties to come to the negotiation table for resolving their issues/disputes through the alternate medium of Mediation. Records reveal that the total number of cases under trail in different courts in Jammu and Kashmir state were 97155. Of these, 4478 were withdrawn, while 78182 cases are still pending and are yet to be disposed off.
The report earlier published by the high court had revealed that there are as many as two lakh cases pending in J&K high court and subordinate courts in the state. Till June this year, there were 58552 cases pending in the state's highest court. Of them 53534 were civil while 5018 were of criminal nature.
It revealed that 1202 cases-1076 (civil) and 126 (criminal) were instituted in June. 695 civil and 50 criminal cases were disposed during the month. Of the overall cases, 22679(civil) and 859 (criminal) are pending for more than five years.
It was informed in the report further that there were 141910 cases-(48080 civil) and 93830 (criminal)-pending in the subordinate courts. Of them, 3512 (civil) and 4911 (criminal) cases are pending for more than half a decade. Regarding the month of June, it stated that 2253 civil and 14770 criminal cases were instituted and of the 17023 cases in total, 12492 cases disposed. Of them, 1966 were civil while 10526 were criminal cases.
The data compiled in different categories provide an insight to the work load of the Courts at different levels and the work accomplished by the Courts. The data also provided a platform for assessing infrastructure requirements for smooth running of the court business.
Pertinently, the experts have at several occasions translated the magnitude of the constitutional crisis in clear statistical terms and appealed to the government to protect the judiciary from crumbling under the load by speeding up judicial appointments, increasing judges' sanctioned strength and drastically improving court infrastructure. |
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