Srinagar: Ensuring fast-track disposal of court cases shall be our lasting contribution and every one of us needs to contribute in this regard, Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed said
on Saturday.
Durrez made these comments while visiting court complexes of Principal and District Sessions Judge Anantnag and Sub-Judge Bijbehara and Pahalgam.
CJ directed that cases pending over 10 years should be disposed off within a month followed by prioritizing the cases which are pending for over 5 years.
Justice Magrey said that “we are duty bound to provide timely deliverance of justice and to mitigate the miseries of litigants”.
“24 munsifs which have been recently appointed shall be posted which will to a large extent help in clearing the pendency of the courts,” Magrey.
He was accompanied Principal Secretary to the Chief Justice, Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Mohammad Younis Malik and SSP Anantnag, Altaf Ahmad Khan.
During the visit, the Chief Justice interacted with the lawyers who presented their demands including the upgradation of facilities for the litigants, filling up of vacancies of Munsifs, chambers for the lawyers and other relating issues.
The Chief Justice said that technological interventions need to be introduced in all the courts and in this direction e-courts have been established for speedy disposal of the court cases.
“Anantnag will be the first district where the digitization of records shall be introduced which will be a step towards going paperless,” CJ said.
Durrez visited the Sarnal area where 56 Kanals of land have been identified for construction of new District Court Complex.
CJ directed the DC to submit the revenue documents to the Principal and District Sessions Judge, Anantnag so that DRP formulation and execution of work shall be taken up at an earliest.
