Govt plans to set up exclusive courts to settle CR cases
Sunday, 12 April 2009
The government is planning to set up exclusive magistrate courts in the city for quick settlement of Complaint Registrar (CR) cases under the Negotiable Instrument (NI) Act, reports UNB.
Law Ministry was learnt to have taken a move to set up the courts in response to the growing concern of financial institutions for increasing huge amount of outstanding loan due to non-settlement of the CR cases.
Sources in the Law Ministry said a directive in this regard was expected to come some time in April.
When contacted, Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said that the Magistrate Courts which are to deal with CR cases are overburdened with other ordinary cases impeding the quick disposal of CR cases.
"As huge number of CR cases remained pending for long in the regular courts, the Law Ministry is trying to set up such courts subject to approval of the Supreme Court," he said.
The Law Minister said he would talk to the Chief Justice for constitution of the exclusive courts in resolving the backlogged CR cases.
Meanwhile, Managing Director of Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DBH) QM Shariful Ala in a letter on March 9, 2009 to the Law Minister requested the government to set up at least two exclusive courts with a provision for specific timeframe for disposing of CR cases under the NI Act.
As many as 16,400 CR cases remain pending without hearing for a long time in the Magistrate Court in Dhaka alone.
The filing rate of CR cases was increasing everyday, said an official at the magistrate court.
Law Ministry was learnt to have taken a move to set up the courts in response to the growing concern of financial institutions for increasing huge amount of outstanding loan due to non-settlement of the CR cases.
Sources in the Law Ministry said a directive in this regard was expected to come some time in April.
When contacted, Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said that the Magistrate Courts which are to deal with CR cases are overburdened with other ordinary cases impeding the quick disposal of CR cases.
"As huge number of CR cases remained pending for long in the regular courts, the Law Ministry is trying to set up such courts subject to approval of the Supreme Court," he said.
The Law Minister said he would talk to the Chief Justice for constitution of the exclusive courts in resolving the backlogged CR cases.
Meanwhile, Managing Director of Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DBH) QM Shariful Ala in a letter on March 9, 2009 to the Law Minister requested the government to set up at least two exclusive courts with a provision for specific timeframe for disposing of CR cases under the NI Act.
As many as 16,400 CR cases remain pending without hearing for a long time in the Magistrate Court in Dhaka alone.
The filing rate of CR cases was increasing everyday, said an official at the magistrate court.