Chief Minister, Manipur and Chief Justice ,High Court of Manipur during inauguration of District and Session Court Thoubal.
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Imphal, July 19 : Chief Minister O Ibobi inaugurated Thoubal session court today . He said he was happy that ThoubalDistrict has got its own District and Session Court today. With this a new chapter has begun in the re-organisation of the District Judiciary System in Manipur. His Government always supports that the Judiciary and the Executivework togetherto build a strong justice delivery system in the Manipur State.
He recalled the speech of the Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh at the inauguration of the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers of States and Chief Justices of High Courts, held recently in New Delhi,where he had assured that the Union of India would increase appropriately the quantum of funding for the scheme under which they provide support to the State Governments for the creation of infrastructure for subordinate judiciary.
He said he was conscious of the enormity of the task wewould encounter in giving every District of the State to have their own District and Session Courts in a phased manner within this short period of five yearsto which his Government had already taken decision recently. The Cabinet decision was taken in view of the State having now its own High Court as well. All these endeavours certainly involves financial expenditures. The State on the other hand, though not in a sound financial position because of the limited revenue resources and other factors, duly consider the proposals for the Judiciary as the Government has its obligation to build a strong judiciary system.
He was confident that establishment of District Courts in all the Districts will enhance not onlyquality and capacity building of the judicial officers but also for the practicing Advocates so that the State gets a quantum jump in justice delivery system.
He said he was aware that the social issues are drawing attention ofboth the Centre and the States to rising crimes such as rape against women, children etc. The numbers of cases instituted in all the Courts are still low. Speedy disposal of cases is the vision statement of the nation. The faith of the public in the Judiciary depends on the speedy disposal of cases. To achieve all these goals, nevertheless, co-operation from all sections of the society is also required. He hoped that the Thoubal Session Court is empowered by the High Court to deal with cases under special laws such as the Family Courts Act and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Besides, there is a lot to be done for the Juvenile Justice System. This is another area where my Government is concerned with cases of missing children. The system needs improvement and if necessary, workshops or seminars at the State level with the participation of senior civil and police officers, the judiciary, the prosecution and stake-holders give the concrete recommendations for implementation at the earliest.
He said he was aware that the High Court of Manipur has also undertaken to bring in the practicing lawyers for training on their capacity building in the programme of the Manipur Judicial Academy. He believed that the practicing lawyers will take opportunity of such training since the improvement of the Justice Delivery System needs improvement for both the Bar and Bench.
Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, Chief Justice, High Court of Manipur was also present in the function. He emphasized the importance of court in every district to ensure the benefits of judiciary system in the state.
Th. Debendra Singh, minister of Law and Legislative Affairs, Dr KhRatankumar, Works minister, Justice N Kotiswar Singh, Judge, High Court of Manipur and ThIbohal Singh, Advocate General were also present on the occasion.
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