After appointment of judges on contract to deal with the huge backlog of pending cases, the Tripura administration has taken initiative to hold night shift of court in addition to the normal timings, in view of a huge number of pending cases in different courts.
Official sources here said the move was taken considering increasing incidences of pending cases. More than 70,000 cases, including 6216 cases in the High Court, were pending so far in the state because of insufficient infrastructure and inadequate number of judges in various courts.
The proposal had been discussed at length in a review meeting of Law department chaired by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar last month and subsequently it was referred to the finance department for approval to start two shifts in courts.
Gauhati High Court had appointed judges on contract for lower courts to dispose long pending cases. Initially six tenure judges were selected for appointment for two-year terms at monthly fixed salary of Rs 11,500 and a stipend of a few hundred rupees.
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