More than 99000 cases pending in courts across district

  • | Tuesday | 10th July, 2018

Mysuru: Giving the public a small idea of the enormous backlog of pending cases in Indian courts, the principal district and sessions court judge SK Vantigodi on Monday said that there were 99,456 cases awaiting closure at the various courts across Mysuru district. “There are lots of cases filed over disputes involving bouncing of cheques, and other civil disputes, Nearly 15,000 cases pending involve financial transactions. Lok Adalat is being organised by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA), and the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA). “Of these, 20,000 cases are from Mysuru taluk,” he added.Vantigodi said that as many as 800 cases in the district were pending for the past 10 years, while another 3,500 were gathering dust for the past seven years. “There are various reasons why cases remain pending.

Mysuru: Giving the public a small idea of the enormous backlog of pending cases in Indian courts, the principal district and sessions court judge SK Vantigodi on Monday said that there were 99,456 cases awaiting closure at the various courts across Mysuru district. “Of these, 20,000 cases are from Mysuru taluk,” he added.Vantigodi said that as many as 800 cases in the district were pending for the past 10 years, while another 3,500 were gathering dust for the past seven years. “There are various reasons why cases remain pending. These include stays from high courts, death of the parties involved, transfer of officers and other such factors,” he added.Vantigodi, who participated in a media interaction at the District Court Auditorium, pointed out that a large number of cases filed pertained to financial transactions. “There are lots of cases filed over disputes involving bouncing of cheques, and other civil disputes, Nearly 15,000 cases pending involve financial transactions. For various reasons, people provide blank cheques, and subsequently approach courts when a dispute erupts,” said Vantigodi, appealing to the public against issuing blank cheques since it involved the possibility of fraud.On the rise in the number of civil cases , Vantigodi said that more and more women were approaching the courts to claim their share in ancestral property. “Following the amendment in the law, daughters have an equal share in ancestral property , and so, there is has been an increase of around 30 to 35% of women filing civil cases,” he added.Lok Adalat on SaturdayVantigodi said that criminal, civil, prevention of atrocities, family disputes, et al, would be resolved at the Lok Adalat scheduled on July 14 at all taluk courts across Mysuru. Lok Adalat is being organised by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA), and the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA). The judge said that the forum offered a chance for citizens to settle cases outside the court.He said that 2,456 cases would be heard at the Lok Adalat, while 929 pre-litigation cases would also be taken up to help parties reach an amicable settlement. “At the previous Lok Adalat, around 2,000 cases were settled, and we hope more will be closed this time,” Vantigodi said.DLSA member secretary Mohammed Mujeerulla CG said that amicable settlement of cases would save the parties concerned both time and money. ‘We have also started legal literacy clubs in five government schools to instill awareness about the law among children,” he said.

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