HT Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, June 15: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday highlighted the important role played by judicial courts in delivering justice to millions of people in the state.
Sarma said this while inaugurating the new judicial court building in Sivasagar.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister underlined the importance of the judicial courts in the country to meet the tremendous pressure of litigations besides expediting the delivery of justice to millions.
“The duty of the judiciary is not only to provide justice to under trials, but also to dispense justice to the victims in cases coming under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012 and other cases of sexual abuse. Such cases are on the rise. I appreciate Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi for taking proactive steps in developing the infrastructure of the court buildings in the state,” Sarma said.
“While the Borpeta judicial court building has been inaugurated, those in Bokakhat and Dhubri are about to be completed. New court buildings have to be constructed with the formation of new districts,” he said.
The chief minister also said that the Modi government in the Centre made historic reforms in 2023 in the Indian criminal justice system by bringing in three new legislations, the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Surakhsha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam by replacing the British era Indian Penal Code, 1860. He said that the Prime Minister has stressed ‘ease of justice’ in the country,which takes pride in the rich heritage of the justice delivery system.
Justice Arun Dev Choudhury spoke on the rich cultural and political history of Sivasagar, the4 erstwhile Rongpur’ of the Ahom era.
Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, Vijay Bishnoi said, “I express my gratitude to the chief minister and his cabinet of ministers for inaugurating the new judicial court building, which had been constructed with funds worth over Rs 23 crores. The new building will facilitate a new enthusiasm among legal practitioners, litigants, police personnel, IT workers and the judiciary of the district. I hope the new building would stand as the seat of justice for every individual.”
Justice Suman Shyam, chairperson of the Building and Infrastructure Committee of the Gauhati High Court, said that it was a Red Letter Day for the lawyers and all the people of the district. He said that the new building epitomizes and reflects the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of the district.
The Union law ministry and state government had extended invaluable assistance in building the robust judiciary infrastructure in the state. It will ensure quick justice to the people, and expedite justice dispensation, he said.
State education minister Ranuj Pegu, state revenue and disaster management minister Jogen Mohan, Thowra MLA Sushanta Borgohain, Justice Debashish Baruah of the Gauhati High Court, Justice Arun Dev Choudhury of Gauhati High Court, who is in charge of the Infrastructure Development of the Judicial Courts, , Sivasagar district and session judge, Justice Mridu Chanda Bordoloi, Sivasagar district commissioner Aditya Vikram Yadav, senior advocate Lohit Prakash Dutta, district BJP president Mayur Dutta and Sivbasagar SP Subhrajyoti Bora were also present on the occasion.
