Rohtak: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday reiterated his demand for a separate High Court for Haryana and set up of an additional bench in south-western districts of the state.
The Chief Minister, who was speaking at a Students Legal Literacy Mission organised by Haryana State Legal Services Authority at Maharshi Dayanand University, in rohtak, said that a separate High Court would be of great help to the people of Haryana.
He also suggested to setup a bench of for south-western region of the state.
Khattar said that in Haryana about 1.40 lakh cases and in Punjab 1.25 lakh cases are pending in various Courts, an official statement said.
The CM, also, said that Haryana is ahead of Punjab in many aspects but in terms of recruitment of judges the ratio of Haryana and Punjab is 40:60 whereas this should be 50:50, it said.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister said that as the proceedings of some State Assemblies are telecast live by Doordarshan, similarly if the proceedings of various cases of Supreme Court and High Court are telecast live, it would be beneficial for the public to hear the proceedings.
Khattar suggested that judicial proceedings of high courts should be telecast live. Efforts should also be made to facilitate proceedings of high courts in Hindi in Hindi-speaking states and in regional languages in non-Hindi speaking states.
He expressed his pleasure over the fact that in a joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of high courts which was held in New Delhi last month, Haryana was appreciated for its infrastructural facilities in courts.
Notably, while speaking in that conference, Khattar had then said, "we are of the view that a separate High Court for Haryana can very conveniently be set up on the premises of the Punjab and Haryana High Court (in Chandigarh) by bifurcating the building, staff and other infrastructure on the same lines as was done in the case of Legislative Assembly and Civil Secretariat".
Khattar said that the state government has made a provision of Rs 80 crore for the expansion of infrastructural facilities.
He further said that in all 21 districts and 14 Sub Divisions of Haryana, mediation centres have been setup where disputes are settled on mutual understanding without going to court.
He said that 21 Fast Track courts are functioning in Haryana where cases related to senior citizens, children and women are quickly disposed off.
While appreciating the Students Legal Literacy Mission, Chief Minister said that legal awareness programme should not be limited only to the students but all citizens should be linked to this programme.
In the programme, Punjab and Haryana High Court Acting Chief Justice, Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar said that people who have legal knowledge of matters should help the weaker sections of the society, especially the farmers and labourers.
He said that this section of the society could be informed about circulars and rules issued by the government from time to time so that they could take the benefit of various government schemes.
Justice Vazifdar appealed to the students to join legal literacy club and play an important role in spreading legal awareness.
Haryana Education Minister, Ram Bilas Sharma said that Haryana State Legal Services Authority has worked to strengthen the weaker sections of the society by providing them with legal aid.
Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge and Haryana State Legal Service Authority (HALSA), Chairman, Justice Satish Kumar Mittal said that HALSA has a target to spread legal awareness among 10 lakh children.
He said that the Authority through the medium of children wanted to educate the people about their rights and responsibilities.
Comments
0 comment