DHAKA, Jan 01, 2020 (BSS) – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said the ministry has set up a target to reduce at least 5 to 6 lakh pending cases by 2020.
“We have introduced ‘Justice Audit’ system to track down the number of unfinished cases. There are 31 lakh pending cases already, we are preparing to arrange the manpower in accordance with the system,” Anisul told the newsmen after inaugurating the basic training workshop for Assistant Judges in Justice Administration Training Institute (JATI) in the capital.
Anisul laid emphasize on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and urged the learned Justices to apply ADR in the criminal cases that are eligible for mediation.
Director General of JATI and former Justice Khandakar Musa Khaled, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Secretary Md Golam Sarwar were also present among others at the inauguration programme.