Deputy commissioners asked to give land for rural courts

HAZARIBAG: At the district-level monitoring committee meeting held here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the principal district and sessions judge Rajesh Kumar Dubey, Hazaribag deputy commissioner Manish Ranjan and Ramgarh deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal were asked to provide land in blocks of both the districts to construct buildings for setting up rural courts.
He also told the DCs that it has been decided by the Jharkhand high court to set up rural courts for speedy disposal of cases and also to provide justice to the people at doorsteps.
He said setting up of rural courts would help contain crime.
Both the DCs told the principal district and sessions judge that they would take immediate steps to provide lands to the judiciary for the proposed rural courts.
The issue of speeding up security measures in courts in both the districts was also discussed between Hazaribag SP Pankaj Kamboj and Ramgarh SP Anish Kumar Gupta, who also participated in the meeting.