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New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI) With several courts functioning from premises that have insufficient space or are in a dilapidated condition without basic amenities, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will meet state law ministers next month to make a fresh push to improve judicial infrastructure in the country.
Rijiju announced the proposed meeting days after Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said that judicial infrastructure was important for improving access to justice but it was baffling to note that its improvement and maintenance was being carried out in an ad-hoc and unplanned manner.
"Judicial infrastructure is one of the agenda items for the meeting ...
It is my responsibility to take the state governments on board," Rijiju told reporters here on Tuesday.The infrastructure for high courts and lower courts is the domain of the state governments."We are faced with certain hard facts like several courts do not have proper facilities.
Some courts function out of dilapidated buildings.
Judicial infrastructure is important for improving access to justice," the CJI had said.