New CJ laments failure to ensure access to justice for all in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) - New Chief Justice M Fazlul Karim on Monday lamented that even on the verge of completing the first decade of 21st century, Bangladesh as a nation have yet failed to ensure access to justice for all.
“The goddess of Justice has eluded us and shut her mighty doors on the face of our poor, wretched, destitute and the disabled. It is possibly our collective shame as a nation,” the CJ said at a function arranged to felicitate him by the lawyers of the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Karim called upon the members of the Supreme Court bar to take every month at least a single case free of charge and fees for the poor and destitute especially underprivileged women, children and the disabled people who cannot otherwise have any access to justice.
“Even if a small section of bar members takes part in this noble task a lot can be achieved in ensuring justice for the poor litigant public, which perhaps won’t be a bad start,” he said.
The new Chief Justice stressed the need for simplifying the existing case management procedure and doing away with the procedural quagmire for speedy disposal of cases. He said effective court management is considered a science and practiced in most of the developed countries.
“It is high time for us to embrace new methods and technology to manage our court system for securing justice for the litigants within shortest possible of time as dreamt of at the time of our glorious War of Independence,” he said.
Chief Justice Karim said, “I seek co-operation from both the bench and the bar to address the burning issue and ease the pressure on the court and burden of the litigant public.”
Judges of both the High Court and the Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court were also present at the function.
Earlier, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president AFM Mesbahuddin traditionally felicitated the new Chief Justice.
“The goddess of Justice has eluded us and shut her mighty doors on the face of our poor, wretched, destitute and the disabled. It is possibly our collective shame as a nation,” the CJ said at a function arranged to felicitate him by the lawyers of the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Karim called upon the members of the Supreme Court bar to take every month at least a single case free of charge and fees for the poor and destitute especially underprivileged women, children and the disabled people who cannot otherwise have any access to justice.
“Even if a small section of bar members takes part in this noble task a lot can be achieved in ensuring justice for the poor litigant public, which perhaps won’t be a bad start,” he said.
The new Chief Justice stressed the need for simplifying the existing case management procedure and doing away with the procedural quagmire for speedy disposal of cases. He said effective court management is considered a science and practiced in most of the developed countries.
“It is high time for us to embrace new methods and technology to manage our court system for securing justice for the litigants within shortest possible of time as dreamt of at the time of our glorious War of Independence,” he said.
Chief Justice Karim said, “I seek co-operation from both the bench and the bar to address the burning issue and ease the pressure on the court and burden of the litigant public.”
Judges of both the High Court and the Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court were also present at the function.
Earlier, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president AFM Mesbahuddin traditionally felicitated the new Chief Justice.
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