For immediate redressal of cases related to family disputes, 21 family courts have been established, which includes three in Raipur, four in Durg, and one court each in Bilaspur, Korba, Ambikapur, Raigarh, Manendragarh, Koriya, Janjgir, Rajnandgaon, Jagdalpur, Kawardha, Kanker, Mahasamund, Dhamtari and Jashpur. law and legal Affairs Minister Mahesh Gagda informed that establishment of family courts in other districts and tehsils of State is also in progress.
He further added that budget provision for family courts has been increased from Rs 13.98 crore to Rs 18.20 crore in current fiscal year 2016-17.
State Government is also working hard to provide video-conferencing facility at courts in all the districts. Presently, 28 jails and 28 courts of state have the facility of video conferencing “law and legal Affairs Minister Mahesh Gagda informed that under e-court project, installation of devices is underway in 87 court premises and 28 jails of state, so as to provide video conferencing facility.
He informed that in year 2015-16, one crore fifty four lakh was sanctioned for expansion of Video Conferencing System (Web) in Central Jail and District Court Jagdalpur, with which 100 unit video confererencing