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Districtcourtvisitreport 141129012540 Conversion Gate02
Districtcourtvisitreport 141129012540 Conversion Gate02
1st Semester
Contents
1. Acknowledgement
2. Purpose of Visit
3. Introduction
4. Rohini District Court
5. Different types of Courts in Rohini court
CIVIL JUDGE AND RENT CONTROLLER AT ROHINI
COURTS
DISTRICT JUDGE /ADDITIONAL SESSION JUDGE AT
ROHINI COURTS
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE AT ROHINI COURTS
FAMILY COURTS AT ROHINI COURTS
MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIM TRIBUNAL AT ROHINI
COURTS
A.C. M.M & MM AT ROHINI COURTS
6. Structure of the court room
7. Functions of court room staff
8. Hierarchy of Prosecution
9. Case Study 1
10. Case Study 2
11. Personal Observation
I, SHANKEY VERMA student of M.A. Criminology, 1st semester,
would like to pay my sincere gratitude towards our course director Prof.
(Dr.) B.N. Chattoraj, for arranging our visit to District Court Rohini for
the purpose of understanding its organization and functioning.
Shankey Verma
Particulars Of Visit
The prosecutor and the defense counsel stands on the bench near the
typist. Between the two counsels stands the witness and the accused
stands beside the accused box.
There is a Naib court helping the prosecutor standing just beside him.
The public attending the trial have seats provided behind the bench
where the two counsels stand.
There are cupboards in the court room to keep all the case files being
tried in the court. Even the case properties and other registers
maintained in the court by the different judicial officers.
Functions of court room staff
Reader to the Honorable judge: He maintains all the case files of the
cases being heard in the court and prompts the judge with the various
cases and other documents.
In this case according to the victim Suraj pal, he sells the vegetables
in Som market of Rohini Sector 18. He was going home with his brother
at 12:15 AM, the date was19th April 2010. At the road three peoples
surrounded him and robber him to see the knife, that time his brother
was not there. His brother talking with his friend on mobile, but when he
saw this then he run to save his brother.
To saw this one person attacked with knife on Suraj pal and rob
Rs.3400 and run away. After that his brother called the police and
admits him in a hospital. The police recorded the statements of both the
brothers and after the investigation police arrested all the offenders. All
the offenders confess their offence.
Personal Observation
The Rohini District Court started functioning on February 2006 and is
much modern in its infrastructure. Every court room is properly furnished
and air-conditioned. There were seats for the visitors for the open trial.
The District Court is built in the area measuring 75,000 sq.
yards upto fifth storey. It consists of 56 courts and various branches
which include one Library, Delhi Legal Aid Services (DLAS)
Office, Mediation Centre, one Copying Agency, Record Room, Office of
Bar Association, Nazarat Branch, Conference Hall, Administration
Branch, Bail Section, RTI Cell, Computer Branch, ACMM Office, Account
Branch, ACJ Office and various other Branches and Lawyers Chambers.
Different court rooms were dealing with different types of cases. In some
court room only cases related to rape were being tried while in some
court room only cases related to NDPS Act were being tried and so on.
There was a police officer at the entrance of the court room without
whose permission nobody was allowed to enter the court room. The
people concerned with their cases were waiting outside the court room
and the police officer was making call to them. Every accused person
was taken to the magistrate by a police officer. There were seats outside
the court room also for the people.
The atmosphere inside the court room was quite and calm. Everyone
was doing his duty quietly. Nobody was allowed to talk on phone in front
of the magistrate. Everybody has to pay due respect to the judge while
entering the court room. The steno of the judge was maintaining the
orders of the judge. The reader to the judge was maintaining all the case
files of the cases being heard in the court and was prompting the judge
with the various cases and other documents.
The naibcourt was maintaining the attendance register for the witnesses
and the accused and assisting the reader with the maintenance of case
file.
Critical Analysis
“JUSTice delayed is jUSTice denied”
The first and the foremost problem that is being faced by the Indian
judiciary are of speedy and fair trials. Almost all the cases that were
being tried in our court room were being adjourned either due to lack of
proper investigation or lack of witnesses/proofs or on the appeal of the
lawyers. In my three day visit to the Rohini District Court, the judgement
was pronounced by the judge in only a few cases. This has led to
increase in burden over judiciary. Thus, there is an urgent need to look
upon this problem.
Another major problem that I observed inside the court room was of the
hostility of the witnesses. The witnesses were changing their statements
at the last moment. This is another important factor that leads to delay in
giving justice.
A few people were fighting inside the district court complex regarding
their case and were abusing each other. No appropriate steps were
taken by the security guards to stop these fights.
There was negligence in security at the entrance gate of the district court
complex. Some people were entering the court without the security
check of their belongings and the security officer was not taking the note
of the same.
The walls of the court complex had the marks of tobacco spits and no
penalty was being imposed on the culprits.
SUGGESTION
S
Though the judiciary is doing its best in establishing a true democracy, it
needs some reforms also: