Until a couple of years ago, locals turned to village elders or ‘Panchas’ to seek resolution for all cases, regardless of its nature.

However, earning the trust and confidence of the people with its easily accessible and fast track services, the court has witnessed a steady increase in the number of cases being registered.

The effective action of the court has also restored the locals’ faith in judicial system, of late.

According to court records, of the 270 cases, new and transferred, the court has already given its verdict on 111 cases.

Furthermore, registrar Lok Bahadur Hamal, the administrative officer of the Court said that none of the remaining cases were more than nine months old.

Stating that the expedited and prompt service had made it possible for victims to get justice quick and without having to spend a fortune, Hamal said that the Court had issued verdict on 38 cases since mid-November to mid-December this year.

“As we have been using computerised services to record the statements, we have been able to serve a copy of the court’s verdict to the service seekers the very

next day of the hearing,” Hamal said.

In the meantime, service seekers have been relieved from the hassle of going to the Court, time and again, due to frequent postponement of the hearing as the Court has been allotting a specific date for the hearing of cases, claimed Hamal.

While the Court has been handling all types of cases from human trafficking, theft, rape and molestation to narcotics, it has been giving prompt verdicts in cases regarding accidents, divorce by mutual consent, property rights, defamation and other cases of similar nature. Hamal said that the Court has been corresponding the description of the ruling to all concerned government offices, including police, VDC, municipality and police posts, district wide for the implementation of the verdict. Likewise, advocate Bhuwaneshwor Sharma said that timely ruling had made the implementation procedure effective.

The Court has also been conducting various activities outside the court, reaching out to the public and hearing their grievances. As part of the programme, Judge Hemanta Rawal had interacted with the intermediate level students at Tribhuwan Janata Secondary School at Musikot a week ago, regarding the justice system. Rawal has been conducting such interaction programmes thrice every month.  

According to Hamal, the Court has already collected Rs 66,174 in fines and 14 years seven months and seven days in prison term.