Assam Governor for more courts at lower level

GUWAHATI: Voicing concern at the huge backlog of cases pending in courts, Assam governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik on Saturday called for more courts at the lower level for their timely disposal.Speaking at the launching of 'North Eastern region access to Justice and socio-economic development programmes' here, Patnaik said there should be more courts at the district and sub divisional levels."Lok Adalats at the village level should be empowered with judicial powers to dispose of petty cases. Vacancies in the high courts and other courts should be filled up and retired judges should be temporarily appointed to function in specially constituted courts to dispose off the huge backlog of cases pending up to a particular period," he said.The problems of the legal system had become acute as the expense of pursuing cases in courts, the intimidating structure of the courts and the inability of legal aid system to reach all sections were the major institutional barriers to justice, the governor added.

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