Corruption-free judiciary key to delivering justice: Anisul
Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday urged the lower courts' law officers across the country to abstain from any corruption and to give up all kinds of dishonest practices while dealing with cases in courts.
The government has adopted a zero tolerance policy against any corruption, and therefore, officers of the judiciary must conduct cases with honesty, sincerity, courage and speed remaining away from any corruption, he said.
He made the remark while speaking as chief guest at a virtual meeting organised on the occasion of inaugurating a training programme for government pleaders (GPs) and public prosecutors (PPs) at the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI).
Minister Anisul Huq said if judiciary personnel deal with the corruption cases with honesty, sincerity, courage and neutrality, justice will be delivered to the people.
The government has introduced the alternative dispute resolution system (ADR) for settlement of cases outside the court through compromise in order to reduce the backlog of pending cases, he said.
He said 90 percent of cases are disposed of outside the court in the developed countries and a similar system must be incorporated for the litigants and lawyers of Bangladesh.
The minister said more than 72,000 litigant people have received remedy the the virtual court proceedings during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
He also said the government is working to increase the fees of law officers.
JATI Director General Justice Khondkar Musa Khaled presided over the meeting where Law Secretary Md Golam Sarwar also spoke.
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