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National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms
The setting up of the National Mission for Justice Delivery and
Legal Reforms was approved in
June 2011.
The National mission would help in implementing the two major
goals of increasing access by
reducing delays and arrears in the system and enhancing
accountability at all levels through structural
changes and setting performance standards and facilitating
enhancement of capacities for achieving
such performance standards
A mission mode approach is proposed to improve the
infrastructure of Subordinate Courts under
National Mission for Delivery of Justice and Legal Reforms
The National Mission would comprise of Advisory Council,
Governing Council, National MissionLeader and the Mission
Directorate.
The Advisory council will advise on the goals, objectives and
strategies of the National Mission
and the Action Plan and its implementation and performance of
the Mission in meeting its objectives
and would be chaired by the Minister for Law and Justice and
would have membership from Parliament,
State Governments, Jurists & senior officers of Government
of India.
The Governing Council would facilitate implementation, give
policy directions and oversee the
work of the Mission and would be headed by the Minister for Law
and Justice.
The Secretary, Department of Justice would be the National
Mission Leader.
A Mission Directorate would be constituted to implement and
monitor the various initiative /
programme of the National Mission. It would be headed by an
officer of the rank of the Joint Secretary
who would act as the Mission Director.
A tentative Action Plan has been drawn up which would of course
be subjected to change once
the Advisory Council meets to set out the agenda. The tentative
Action Plan covers:-
(i) Policy and Legislative changes such as All India Judicial
Service, Litigation Policy, Judicial
Impact Assessment, Judicial Accountability Bill, Amendment in
N.I. Act and Arbitration & Conciliation Act,
Legal Education Reforms and Retirement age of HC Judges.
(ii) Re-engineering procedures and alternate methods of Dispute
Resolution such as
identification of bottlenecks, procedural changes in court
processes, statutory amendments to reduce
and disincentivize delays, Fast tracking of procedures,
appointment of court managers and Alternate
Dispute Resolution.
(iii) Focus on Human Resource Development such as filling up of
vacancy positions in all courts
of judges and court staff, strengthening State Judicial
Academies, Training of Public Prosecutors and
ICT enablement of public prosecutors offices, strengthening
National Judicial Academy and Training of
mediators.
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