BANGALORE: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil on Thursday mooted an amendment to the Civil Procedure Code that will enable courts to deal with litigation involving the poor, mainly landless labourers and small farmers, who are unable to get speedy justice because of the large number of pending cases.

The amendment will help two crore people who cannot pursue their cases over a long period. It will facilitate a decision on cases that cannot be resolved through conciliation or alternative means.

"The poor cannot sustain prolonged litigation, and so we have seen the need to evolve a speedy justice delivery system by amending Rule 4, Order 17 of the Civil Procedure Code. It should be in place in six months," Mr. Patil said at the press briefing on Thursday's Cabinet meeting.

Kaginele Authority

The Cabinet has decided to move forward on the setting up of the Kaginele Development Authority in Haveri district, for which an allocation of Rs. 3 crores was made in the budget. The birthplace of Kanakadasa will be developed to commemorate the saint-musician who has become the icon of backward classes, sources said.

The authority will aim at developing Kaginele, where the 16th Century Dasa poet lived and worshipped the Kaginele Adikeshava after having been initiated by Vyasaraja. The Government will maintain the site of the 2,000 year-old Buddhist "stupa", which was discovered last year by a researcher at Sannati village in Gulbarga district, as a site of archaeological interest. The "stupa" has sculptures on the theme of Mandoka Jataka, a Dharmachakra, and inscriptions that refer to Emperor Asoka (Rayo Asoka), panels depicting Queen Amatya, and ceremonial horses and elephants.

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