Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said backlog of cases filed under Women and Children Repression Prevention Act is reducing as 1,831 such trials have been disposed in last one year. “The good news is the backlog of cases before different Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunals is reducing. The total number of such pending cases was 1, 66, 382 by March, 2018, whereas the number went down to 1, 64, 551 by March, 2019,” he said.
The minister came up with the observations while inaugurating special training course for special public prosecutors of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal at Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) here in the capital. Presided over by JATI Director General Justice Khondker Musa Khaled, the inaugural function was also addressed by Law and Justice Division Secretary Abu Saleh Sheikh Md Zahirul Haque.
Terming women repression as the biggest obstacle for desired national development, the law minister said government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after assuming office for the first time, had taken different initiatives to address this problem. “One of the main initiatives was to modernize Women and Children Repression Prevention Act,” he added.
Anisul Huq urged special public prosecutors to follow all the directives regarding time management of the court to expedite the trial process, adding, “You have to remain active in producing witnesses and examining them on the scheduled date.” A total of 44 public prosecutors took part in the training.
