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Anisul for easing ‘unusual’ backlog of cases
DHAKA, Aug 22, 2019 (BSS) – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Anisul Huq today said there is no denial that there is 31 to 32 lakh cases
are pending before courts across the country and the unusual backlog of cases
has to be brought down.
“There is a saying that justice delayed, justice denied. Now a new
dimension has been added to it, when justice gets delayed, the possibility of
street justice gets involved and we don’t want this to happen,” he said.
Anisul came up with the observations while addressing a presentation and
discussion on National Justice Audit Bangladesh at Bangabandhu International
Conference Centre in the capital.
The programme was organized under a project titled Justice Reform and
Corruption Prevention (JRCP), being
jointly implemented by Law Ministry and German development agency GIZ.
District judges, chief judicial magistrates, metropolitan magistrates and
equivalent judicial officers across the country joined the programme, among
others.
Presided over by Law and Justice Division Secretary Md Golam Sarwar, the
discussion was also addressed by Deputy German Ambassador Burkhard Ducofre,
Supreme Court Registrar General Dr Md Zakir Hossain and project director of
GIZ Bangladesh project and joint secretary Umme Qulsum, among others.
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