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Kanwar Yogendra
SHIMLA: "For bringing more judicial accountability and better transparency in the deliverance of justice, a National Judicial Council would be set up soon", this was announced by the Union Minister for Law and Justice, H.R. Bhardwaj, here on Saturday. The Law Minister was addressing media persons after the two-day deliberations of the conference of Law Ministers and Law Secretaries of different States. "The Chief Justice of India would be the Chairman of this in-house Council and will have other Supreme Court Judges and Chief Justices of High Courts as its members," said Mr. Bhardwaj. "This is a result of a long pending demand made by the public for the past many years. The Judicial Council would address the allegations against the judges, complaints of favouritism, partiality and discriminations followed by them and would ask for their accounts on their properties and assets at the very threshold of their services." The two-day deliberations of Law Ministers and Law Secretaries also came out with a "Shimla Resolution on Judicial Reforms and accountability" which would be more effective in delivering justice to the poor in the country, said the Union Minister. He said a review of the working of the legal aid system to strengthen and improve the provisions of the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 was done. An effective implementation of the provisions of Chapter VI-A of the Act and expansion of the role of Lok Adalats in respect of public utility services was discussed, said Mr. Bhardwaj who had initiated these reforms in his earlier tenure as Law Minister. "In order to clear the backlog of pending cases we are establishing and financing 1,500 trial courts across the country. We have also decided to add 1,500 magisterial courts." "It was agreed that we need more judges as there are still vacant posts at all levels. This despite a record 135 judges appointed last year alone in High courts and five in the Supreme Court," he said.
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