The newly formed district of Kalimpong got its own Judiciary and a Separate Session Division when they were inaugurated at…
Kalimpong Court inaugurated by Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Jyotimay Bhattacharya on Saturday.
The newly formed district of Kalimpong got its own Judiciary and a Separate Session Division when they were inaugurated at the Kalimpong Court by Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Jyotimay Bhattacharya on Saturday.
The development comes after the district marked its first anniversary last month.
“Everything is now handed over to Kalimpong in this historical bifurcation of the Kalimpong District Judiciary,” Mr Bhattacharya said.
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“The court here was a part of Darjeeling district, but now it is a full-fledged judiciary, and cases awaiting verdict will now be transferred to the Kalimpong District Court,” he added.
The district court will presently be under the District Judge of Darjeeling, while Mr Bhattacharya assured an independent District Judge for Kalimpong soon.
“The District Judge of Darjeeling will have a dual role. He will manage both the districts and he will come here twice a week, while the Addnl Dist Session Judge will manage the judiciary during his absence here,” Mr Bhattacharya said.
“For Protection of Child from Sexual Offense (POCSO), a child-friendly court has to be created here. And for crime against women, another Addnl District Court has to be created, which will be headed by a female judicial officer,” he added.
He later requested the District Magistrate and the SP to meet the District Judge at least twice a month to solve local problems and so that the infrastructural issues could be looked into through discussions.
Meanwhile, Moloy Ghatak, the Minister-in-charge of law and judicial department, said the government has provided all infrastructure, furniture and drinking water to the Kalimpong district court.
“Apart from this, filling up of posts are under process. Litigants of Kalimpong now don’t have to travel to Darjeeling, seeking justice,” he said.
As many as 118 cases are pending in the Kalimpong Court, out of which 44 are civil in nature and 74 are criminal cases. A total of 250 cases are pending in the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, where 42 are civil and 208 are criminal in nature.
In the Court of the Judicial Magistrate, 315 cases are pending, 101 are civil in nature and 214 are criminal, he said.
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