In a first, Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Wednesday held a video-conference with all the district sessions and senior judges of Punjab asking them to take the cases of weaker section on priority.
Chief Justice Kaul, in his video conference with the Judges of all 18 districts and session courts of Punjab and Chandigarh District Court, asked them to be proactive for speedy and time bound clearance of all pending cases.
Chief Justice Kaul also called upon the judges to clear all the cases based on the domestic violence and atrocities on the women on priority bases. Besides, the cases related to children, senior citizen and differently-abled should also be disposed off on priority.
“Most of the cases could be disposed off by mutual consent of both the parties thus relieving the courts from the burden of pending cases,” he said, asking the legal luminaries to sensitize the public for availing the services of lok Adalats for getting quick and timely justice.
The video conference was held on Wednesday afternoon, attended by all Session Judges, Additional Session Judges, Civil Judges (Senior Division), Chief Judicial Magistrates and other senior officers.
Chief Justice Kaul pointed out said that a seminar was recently organized in Chandigarh to highlight the importance of mediation to solve the cases with mutual consent of both parties. “At most of the places, dedicated centers are being operated where cases are disposed off with mediation. The ambit of this practice would be enhanced in future,” he added. Chief Justice Kaul also asked the district judges to list out the problems being faced by them while assuring them to redress all the problems in near future.