TURA: Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice, Biswanath Somadder on Wednesday unveiled the plaque to mark the separation of the Judiciary from the Executive in North Garo Hills District in a programme held at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office Complex in Resubelpara.
Speaking on the occasion, Somadder informed that the judiciary is being separated from the executive in order to make justice more accessible to the people. While speaking of the relationship between the three organs of the state viz. executive, legislature and the judiciary, he said that the segregation of the executive from the judiciary will bring about access to justice and will benefit the people of the District.
The Chief Justice also took the occasion to thank the State Government for the support as the District has now reached a milestone whereby people can get access to justice with the segregation that allows only Judicial Officers to take up those matters of dispute which were earlier taken up by the officers of the executive- the District Administration. He informed that the District Legal Services Authority will now step in and reach out to the block level to find out whether the people are getting access to justice and more importantly, access to quality justice.
Minister of Law, James P K Sangma termed the day as a red letter day for the people of District and the State as a whole even as he congratulated all those involved in making the event a success. Sangma expressed his sense of appreciation and gratitude to the Deputy Commissioner and the officers for having given their best in the delivery of justice in the past, in spite of being burdened with various other responsibilities.
The Minister also said that there are many pending cases and with the court of the district and Session Judge, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Judicial Magistrate now being put in place, the scenario of disposal of cases is expected to come down and with the establishment of these courts in the District it will help in promoting the justice delivery system.
During the programme, Commissioner and Secretary Law Department, W. Khyllep read out the notification for separation of the Judiciary from the Executive in the district and handed over to the Registrar General of the High Court of Meghalaya. Others who also spoke during the programme were local MLA and Deputy Speaker, T D Shira and North Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner, S C Sadhu.