Tripura law dept reviews growing incidence of cases against govt

Agartala, May 20 (UNI) The Tripura Law department has reviewed with legal experts of the state the increasing incidence of cases against the state government.

Official sources said here today that after undertakig the review yesterday, the state Law department recommended the public prosecutors as well as heads of the government departments to sincerely respond to the legal notices on time for averting judicial battles.

Expressing serious concern over the growing trend of judicial disputes against the state government by the civil society, the department said the growing trend was not healthy for a welfare state and the government should take steps to avert the situation.

Former judge of Gauhati High Court P K Sarkar urged the public prosecutors to be serious while handling the government cases and upgrade their professional skills. He said most of the police officers were not competent to file investigation reports, which were delaying the disposal of the cases.

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