CJ orders formation of Coordination Comm
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 15: To enhance efficiency level of the judiciary, Chief Justice of J&K High Court, Pankaj Mithal has directed for regular meetings of Government, Police, Jail authorities and Prosecution Wing for discussing their problems and work out solutions.
The meeting, known as ‘Coordination Meeting’ of all stakeholders viz Deputy Commissioner, SSP, Public Prosecutor and Superintendent of the Jail or any other relevant authority shall be held at the end of every quarter of the year on a regular basis with the Principal District Judge and the Chief Judicial Magistrate in each district.
The coordination meetings shall be called by the Chief Judicial Magistrate on the direction of the concerned Principal District Judge, who will chair the meeting that shall be held at the District Court Complexes at any time convenient to all the participants without affecting their normal business.
Describing Government, Police, Jail authorities and Prosecution wing as important stakeholders who also play a vital role to support the judicial system, the Chief Justice observed that owing to lack of appropriate mechanism for ensuring coordination among all the stakeholders involved in justice dispensation, a judicial officer is unable to work up to its optimum potential.
“In order to strength the justice delivery system, it is desirable that all the stakeholders work in tandem with each other to maximize the judicial output and therefore, it considered appropriate to have a regular meeting of all the stakeholders where all can discuss their problems and work out solutions to enhance the efficiency level of the judiciary without causing any disturbance in the ordinary working of the other stakeholders,” said the Chief Justice and asked the Government to authorize and direct its concerned administrative officers of each district to attend coordination meetings and render all assistance within their competence in taking all possible measures directed towards improving the justice delivery system.
In the coordination meetings, the participants shall discuss the issues concerning ways and means for effective, efficient and timely rendering of justice to the litigants, the infrastructural and other local difficulties faced by the judicial institutions at all levels in the District; and ways and means of developing and improving the system as a whole.
The Minutes of the meetings and the resolutions passed in such meetings shall be recorded in the ‘Minutes Book’ specifically maintained for the purpose and shall be signed by all the participants including the co-opted participants. The Secretary (Chief Judicial Magistrate) shall submit a copy of minutes and resolutions to the Administrative Judge of the District. The minutes and resolutions shall be shared with all the participants to ensure effective follow up of all the actionable points. A copy thereof shall also be sent in the Registrar General and the Secretary to the Government, Law and Justice Department for monitoring the implementation of the actionable points and the resolutions thereof.
In the subsequent coordination meeting, a report shall be presented by the Secretary as to action taken and progress made on the actionable points of the previous meeting which shall be considered in the meeting before discussing the agenda for that meeting.
The participants shall, in some appropriate and urgent cases, be authorized to make recommendations for such actions which may not be related to them or those beyond their control and competence. Any resolution making such recommendations shall be sent to the Secretary to the Administrative Judge of the District and to the Registrar General, who may seek appropriate instructions in this regard from the Chief Justice for taking up the matter with the concerned authorities.
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