Reasi, Dec 26: Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Tashi Rabstan, Thursday inaugurated Court Complex Katra in presence of Justice Mohammad Akram Choudhary, Administrative Judge for Reasi district.
This Court Complex building is coming up with an estimated cost of Rs. 15 crore, being executed by the Housing Board Jammu and Kashmir.
While speaking on the occasion, the Chief Justice said that the Bench and Bar have a huge role in reposing faith in judiciary and justice delivery system. He said “people come to the court with high hopes considering the courts as ‘Temple of Justice’ where justice would be meted out to them and it is the duty of the court to provide easy and accessible justice to all the litigants”.
Referring to the constitutional guarantees enshrined in the supreme law of land i.e The Constitution of India, the Chief Justice said with the technological interventions the objective of providing inexpensive and speedy justice to all is being realised. This will ultimately pave the way for reducing the burden of the judiciary besides expediting the disposal of litigations, he added.
While interacting with members of Bar and Bench besides officers of Civil and Police administration, the Chief Justice said Judiciary and Executive are like cogs in the wheel who should work together for imparting speedier and quality justice besides maintaining law and order for larger good of the society. He said under the constitutional framework all the organs viz judiciary, executive and police have collective responsibility to provide justice as these are repositories of constitutional trust.
The Chief Justice also inspected various sections of Court Complex Katra and gave certain on spot directions.
Registrar General Shahzad Azeem, Principal District and Sessions Judge Reasi, Suresh Chander Kattal, Registrar Rules, Rajinder Sapru, Member Secretary State Legal Services Authority, Amit Gupta, Registrar IT, Anoop Sharma, Judicial Officers of District Reasi and Katra, Deputy Commissioner Reasi, Nidhi Malik, Senior Superintendent of Police Katra and members of Bar Association Reasi and Katra were also present on the occasion.
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