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Grameen Court won’t clash with judicial system: Khashru

By Staff Correspondent
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Abdul Matin Khashru said yesterday that the proposed Grameen Court system was aimed at ensuring Justice to the poorest of the poor.
"The village courts in the past had been non-functional because those who ran those courts were partisan by the very nature of their appointments,"' he said at a Consultative Workshop on Grameen Court in the city yesterday.
We do not want to make the same mistakes of the past. By establishing a maximum par ticipatory court, we would like to ensure justice to all." he told the workshop which was participated by lawyers and represen tatives from different numan rights organisations.
The Grameen Court Project of the Law Ministry has pre pared an outline of the final draft of the new system, which, according to the Law Minister, would not clash with the existing Judicial system but would
act as a complimentary system. The outline was discussed at the workshop and lawyers added their recommendations with It.
The workshop was participated by Attorney General K S Nabi. Barrister Amlrul Islam. Justice K M Sobhan. Advocate Sigma Huda, Law Secretary M Aminullah, Project Director and Jdint Secretary of Law Ministry Sahur Hossain, Project Consultant Mizanur Rahman and others.
Amlrul Islam said that while a lietter system would be formulated to ensure justice at the grassroots level. It was hard to appoint the right people who were committed enough to ensure Justice
Commitment in judiciary Is lacking Justice is perpetuated in cases like Seema murder or Nurjahan murder. The society, in general, lacks sensitivity for Justice. People are becoming more legalistic, egoistic and technical about themselves. Therefore, the person who will ensure justice is the problem
which needs to be addressed first." he said pointing fingers at politicisation of the judiciary at village level.
He noted that to sustain the participatory nature of Grameen Court, institutional support would be needed. The institution s purpose would be training the Judges, mediators and concilliators of Grameen Court with an emphasis on maintaining neutrality.
Justice K M Sobhan noted that although the Judicial system in villages han been Introduced in 1919. all past courts remained partisan by the nature of their appointment.
Describing the composition of the Grameen Court, Mizanur Rahman said that the court would be composed of three Judges or adjudicators. They would be nominated from among a panel of 15 to 20 'Justices of peace’ (honorary magistrates) The senior-most adjudicator will be designated as Chairman of the court. He said, "alternatively, the court may be headed by a retired Judge or a specially trained Grameen Court Judge who will be responsible for a circuit of Grameen Court. For this purpose, all the Grameen Courts must be divided Into some circuits and a professional Judge be placed to preside over the court."