Adopt a rationalistic and scientific approach, says judge
HIGHLIGHTING A POINT: V. Dhanapalan, centre, Judge of the Madras High Court, addressing a workshop in Tiruchi on Saturday. Sriram Panchu, left, senior advocate, Chennai, and N.R. Madhav Menon, Visiting Consultant, Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy, a re also seen.
TIRUCHI: Judicial officers should adopt a rationalistic and scientific approach for ensuring speedy disposal of cases, the Judge of the Madras High Court, V. Dhanapalan, said.
Speaking at a district-level continuing education workshop for the judicial officers of Perambalur and Tiruchi districts here on Saturday, Mr. Dhanapalan said that the use of computers would go a long way in expediting the speedy disposal of the cases.
On the rationalistic approach, he said that pending cases should be categorised and priority given for disposing of cases that were overdue for a prolonged period. Quoting facts and figures from an address delivered by the Chief Justice of India at an all-India conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts in New Delhi recently, Mr. Dhanapalan said that the number of cases filed between 1999 and 2006 had risen by 48 per cent all over the country, while the disposal rate had risen by 28 per cent over the same period.
Pointing out that the achievement had been made without any additional infrastructure or additional judges.
To dispose of the balance of 20 per cent of cases alone in the next two years, 770 more High Court judges and 9,239 additional judges at the sub-ordinate courts needed to be appointed, he said.
He commended the efforts made by the trial court judges in bringing down the number of pending cases to a great extent. A senior advocate from Chennai, A. Kannan, gave a power-point presentation and explained the significant applications of the Evidence Act and other laws.
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