Each court will have 1,000 cases pending due to one week closure
Visakhapatnam: Its going to be an Herculean task for the judges and the government advocates from Monday when the courts in the district that were shut since a week will be opened, to dispose thousands of cases of various nature.
District court authorities have declared holiday for a week from last Monday, a day after cyclone Hudhud caused havoc in the city due to lack of power, transportation and damages to buildings. The district has 62 courts, out of which 20 are district courts, 18 Senior Civil Judge Courts and 23 Junior Civil Judge Courts. On an average its is learnt that each court will have 1,000 cases pending due to one week closure.
“Since there are so many damages and network is totally down, district court authorities have, declared holidays for a week as it takes some time for restoration works. Its an unforeseen holiday hence many cases will be pending by the time the courts are opened. Even if power is restored, network is very important that has to be restored for proper functioning of the courts,” said Mylapalli Adinarayana, the public prosecutor at IIIrd additional chief metropolitan magistrate court at Gajuwaka
While criminal courts don’t have holidays for Dasara, courts that deal with civil matters were just opened after the festival vacation. Otherwise seen bustling with activity by advocates, the district court complex in Parakasaraopeta is now seen with teams involved in restoration work like clearing uprooted trees and other debris. Meanwhile, the electric fencing around the Adavivaram central jail is being run on a generator due to lack of power.
It's also becoming a tough task for the jail authorities to guard the prisoners after it becomes dark as the sun sets. There are around 900 prisoners at Vizag central jail and of them half are convicted, remaining are undergoing various remand who has short stays. The convicted inmates numbering an approximate 430 are engaged in various works including gardening and vegetable farming in semi open jail.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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