HC for enacting laws to compensate aggrieved parties in false, harassing civil suits
Thursday, 6 July 2023
FE REPORT
In the full text of a verdict the High Court suggested to enact laws and regulations to provide adequate compensation or expenses to aggrieved parties in cases of false, harassing and frivolous civil suits.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal gave the suggestion in the full text of the verdict. Following a civil revision petition, the judge delivered the short verdict on February 28 in 2022, while full text of the verdict was released recently.
The HC bench also suggested giving proper training to the judges to keep the judiciary free from the false and harassing cases.
It asked the authorities concerned to enhance the basic training course of the judges to at least six months and to take effective measures for their psychological development during the training sessions.
It also opined for compulsorily keeping a psychologist as a member of the viva board during the oral examination of the candidates in the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission.
It also suggested establishment of 'Bangladesh Judicial Academy' on the pattern of 'National Judicial Academy, India' on 1000 hectares of land in a convenient and quiet environment for training of judicial officers, lawyers, government law officers and judicial supporting staffs.
The suggestion also included for imparting judicial duties to newly appointed judges only after completion of basic training course and conduct 15 days long training at least twice every year for all levels of judges.
It further suggests for providing advanced training to the judges outside the country. In that case memorandum of understanding (MOU) with different universities and judicial training centres/institutes/academies of the developed countries may be signed with the state initiatives, also opined the judge.
Modernization and improvement of the Code of Civil Procedure, Civil Rules and Orders and Manual of Practice Instructions for the Conduct of the Civil Cases are important, also read the full text.
It also suggests to recruitment of required number of judges and increase adequate logistical support to them including required security arrangements.
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