In a bid to make law affordable for the needy and revolutionise the judicial system, it has been decided that 7,000 new courts will be established in the country.
7,000 new courts will be set up to help the poor fight legal cases at cheaper rates: CJI
SRINAGAR: Sixty years after independence, there is finally justice for the poor and the needy. In a bid to make law affordable for them and revolutionise the judicial system, it has been decided that 7,000 new courts will be established in the country.
Chief justice of India (CJI) Justice KG Balakrishnan made the announcement on Monday saying that the courts will start functioning soon and they are aimed at helping the poorer sections of the society get justice at easy and affordable rates.
“I am glad to announce that Union Cabinet has approved the scheme and a bill in this regard is also in progress,” Justice Balakrishnan said in his inaugural address at Legal Awareness Campaign organised by J&K State Legal Services Authority.
Speaking at the forum he informed that the law commission proposed to have a judge and a layman in the village court for speedy justice. “But under the new bill we have proposed to have a village Nyay Adhkari who will be a proper judicial officer,” he said.
The Nyay Adhikari, he said, will be appointed by the Public Service Commission of the high court. “He will be of the rank of junior civil judge having jurisdiction over certain provisions of Indian Penal Code with the power to pronounce imprisonment for one year”.
“The new courts will bring a sea change in the Indian legal system and it will go a long way in redressing the grievances of the poor and needy particularly in the villages. They cannot avail the benefits of higher courts while the rich can easily avail its benefits,” he added.
“The Indian judicial system is regarded as the best in the world but unfortunately it has made justice inaccessible to the poor. There are about 2.5 crore pending cases in different courts of the country.
Nyay Adhikaris will improve the system and help in decongesting the normal courts while making justice accessible to the poor litigants”. Urging the CMs of states to provide infrastructure for such courts he said that 50 per cent financial burden for the new courts will be borne by state governments while the rest will be given by the central government.
Earlier, Balakrishnan favoured imparting moral education to children at family, school and community levels.
“There is a need for moral education to children at family, school and community level to make them better citizens,” he said.
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