SANGSAD BHABAN, June 18, 2019 (BSS) – Stressing the need for amending the existing laws to remove case backlog, Law, justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today told the Jatiya Sangsad that the government is working sincerely to cut the case backlog so that people can get justice.
“Various steps, including the recruitment of new judges, infrastructural development and imparting training to judges, have been taken to ease case backlog,” he said while responding to a starred question placed by ruling party lawmaker Md Habibur Rahman (Bogura-5) in the House.
The law minister said the amendment of the existing laws is needed to cut case backlog and the amendment of laws is a continuous process.
He said many laws have already been amended and process continues to bring necessary amendments in some more laws.
Aiming to cut the case backlog across the country, Anisul said initiatives are underway to set up seven cyber tribunals in the country, and metropolitan magistrate courts in Gazipur and Rangpur.
He said the government has also taken a step to set up six more women and children repression prevention tribunals in the country.
The law minister said the government recruited six judges in the Appellate Division and 28 judges in the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court during 2014 to 2018.
During the period, he said, 571 assistant judges were recruited in the associated courts and recruitment process of 99 more assistant judges is now at final stage.
The government has set up 41 tribunals across the country for speedy trial of women and children repression cases, Anisul said.
Besides, he said, seven special tribunals were set up to settle the cases filed under Anti Terrorism Act, 2009.
A monitoring cell, led by solicitors, is working to resolve the old cases on priority basis, he said.
Responding to another starred question placed by treasury bench lawmaker Benjir Ahmed (Dhaka-20), Anisul said there are 35,82,347 pending cases in different courts of the country up to March 31, 2019.