Judges urged to be cautious about miscarriage of justice

Stressing that the court is the last resort to justice seekers, Law Minister Anisul Huq  called upon the newly-appointed judges to be careful about miscarriage of justice.
 “It’s the responsibility of the judges to prevent crimes providing exemplary punishment to the culprits through exercising the law effectively without any prejudice,” he said.
Anisul Huq was addressing the inaugural ceremony of a basic training course for the newly-appointed assistant judges at the Judicial Administration Training Institute (Jati) in the city Sunday, according to a news agency.
The minister said exemplary punishment may reverse crime trend among the criminals.
“The judges can also play a role in making the society crime free through justice to the justice-seekers,” he said, adding that the judges should be careful about inordinate delay in delivering justice and keep in mind the best use of time to avoid public harassment and their financial burden due to unwarranted delay.
People do not come to the court until they have any option, and the court is the last resort to the justice seekers, said Anisul Huq.
The Law Minister informed that the government has taken an initiative to include the legal concept of plea-bargaining to reduce the long-pending huge backlog of criminal cases across the country.
Jati Director General Justice Khandaker Musa Khaled presided over the inaugural function.
Forty newly-appointed assistant judges are participating in the two-month long training programme.
Meanwhile, the Law Minister in a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club said there are currently 2.4 million cases pending with magistrate and district courts across the country.