HC successful in reducing pendency of cases : Justice Bali

Kochi, Jan 23 (UNI) Hailing the Kerala High Court as the best in the country, Chief Justice V K Bali today said it was successful in reducing pendency of cases to a large extent in one year.

Addressing a gathering at a full court reference to honour him on his retirement today, Justice Bali said the High Court was able to dispose of 88,639 main cases, reducing pendency to 1,17,549 from 1,33,376 even after 72,812 main cases were filed in the year.

He said with the unceasing, dedicated and collective efforts of the Bench and the Bar, the disposal in the year was 4,500 cases, which was double the average disposal per judge on an all-India basis.

Justice Bali said top priority was given to disposal of cases involving senior citizens and family disputes, atrocities against women and children.

He also appreciated judges of subordinate courts for there relentless effort to dispense justice even while working in extreme difficulty.

''Though various measures were taken to uplift their service conditions, lot of things need to be done to improve the infrastructure of the subordinate courts.'' Juctice K S Radhakrishnan, in his address, said Justice Bali had brought the Bench and the Bar closer and had inculcated a feeling that they were part of the same family, striving to achieve the same goal.

He said Justice Bali, stimulated by an honest zeal to work, took steps to reduce pendency of cases through judicial processes as well as through other alternative dispute redress mechanisms.

Advocate General C P Sudhakara Prasad, Kerala High Court Bar Assocaition President M P Krishnan Nair, HC Judges and former judges and were present on the occasion.

UNI