80pc women, children repression cases false

State Minister for Law Md. Quamrul Islam yesterday said 80 percent cases relating to women and children repression are false and fabricated.
"In most cases, poor and helpless people become victims," he said at a seminar titled 'Legal Assistance for Poor and Hapless People' held at local Town Hall.
The state minister said there are many good laws in the country but those are being misused by vested quarters.
He said influential people are behind the filing of such false cases against the poor and distressed people. "Legal assistance will be ensued by removing the trend of harassment implicating poor and dejected people."
Quamrul urged the members of the Bar and the Bench to play their due role in this regard and help such victims.
A massive campaign is needed to be launched about government's legal assistance programme for poor litigants and hapless people so that they can avail of the legal help, he said.
The minister assured the poor litigants of legal aid at the High Court level by making the process easier.
He also called upon all concerned to conduct the government's legal assistance programme in a transparent manner.
About separation of the judiciary from the executive control, he said if the judges do not apply their judicial mind independently in dispensation of justice, the separation is unlikely to yield any benefits.