Saturday, August 19, 2006

30,000 court cases settled in Bihar: CM

Over 30,000 cases pending in different courts in Bihar for years together have been settled in just about seven months, thanks to mobile courts. "This remarkable result has been achieved by taking the court itself to the people at their doorstep," Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today. He was speaking at the All India Interdepartmental Cooperation Dialogue and Meeting on Social Justice here, inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Kumar noted with satisfaction that the Alternative Dispute Redressal Mechanism has worked well. "More such innovative steps are required to strengthen justice delivery system," he said. The Chief Minister said 'nyaya panchayats' had been set up at village level to deliver justice free of cost. He also said a national law university had been set up in Bihar within the shortest possible time and the academic session has already commenced. To promote literacy among the underprivileged, the Bihar government was in the process of appointing 2.36 lakh teachers at primary, middle and secondary levels. "We hope these appointments will be finalised in about two months," he said. Simultaneously, work was on for constructing 65,000 school buildings, he added.

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