New Judiciary Court inaugurated at Bokajan in East Karbi Anglong

Bokajan: With an aim to reduce load at the district courts and ensure hassle-free grievance redressal, Justice Alfaz Ali, Portfolio Judge, Karbi Anglong, Gauhati High Court; inaugurated the new sub-divisional Judiciary court at Bokajan in East Karbi Anglong on Saturday.

The court building is located at Veterinary campus near CCI plant, Bokajan.

While inaugurating the courts of the 1st Class Judicial Magistrate and the SDJM, the Justice said that these courts were established to deliver hassle-free justice at the doorsteps of the common man. "Earlier the people had to travel to the district headquarter for grievance redressal which was a rather time-consuming and troublesome affair. But, now, separate and independent judiciary at the subdivisional levels would ensure easy hassle-free delivery of justice at the threshold of every household," the Justice added.

It needs to be mentioned here that the Judiciary was separated from Executive a couple of years back in Karbi Anglong and the district saw its first judicial court in Diphu on 12 August 2017. Earlier, both the Judiciary and Executive were placed together in the office of the DC who took up both matters by himself and his executive magistrates. The change came in line with Article 50 of the Indian Constitution which recommends separation of Judiciary and Executive upholding the supreme rule of law in the country.

Karbi Anglong District & Sessions Judge, Md Amir Uddin Ahmed, Chief Judicial Magistrate, KAAC Principal Secretary S.K Das, Karbi Anglong SP Gaurav Upadhaya, DC M.K Saikia among intellectuals, advocates and other dignitaries were present to grace the occasion.

About Judiciary

The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary can also be thought of as the mechanism for the resolution of disputes. Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the judiciary generally does not make statutory law (which is the responsibility of the legislature) or enforce the law (which is the responsibility of the executive), but rather interprets the law and applies it to the facts of each case. However, in some countries, the judiciary does make common law.

In many jurisdictions, the judicial branch has the power to change laws through the process of judicial review. Courts with judicial review power may annul the laws and rules of the state when it finds them incompatible with a higher norm, such as primary legislation, the provisions of the constitution, treaties or international law. Judges constitute a critical force for interpretation and implementation of a constitution, thus de facto in common law countries creating the body of constitutional law. For a people to establish and keep the 'Rule of Law' as the operative norm in social constructs great care must be taken in the election or appointment of unbiased and thoughtful legal scholars whose loyalty to an oath of office is without reproach. If the law is to govern and find acceptance generally courts must exercise fidelity to justice which means affording those subject to its jurisdictional scope the greatest presumption of inherent cultural relevance within this framework.

The term "judiciary" is also used to refer collectively to the personnel, such as judges, magistrates and other adjudicators, who form the core of a judiciary (sometimes referred to as a "bench"), as well as the staffs who keep the system running smoothly. In some countries and jurisdictions, the judicial branch is expanded to include additional public legal professionals and institutions such as prosecutors, state lawyers, ombudsmen, public notaries, judicial police service and legal aid officers. These institutions are sometimes governed by the same judicial administration that governs courts, and in some cases, the administration of the judicial branch is also the administering authority for private legal professions such as lawyers and private "notary" offices.

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