Himalayan News Service

Kathmandu, March 3:

The Supreme Court and Law Book Management Committee are preparing to establish a Legal Information Centre to provide legal information to the general public through computerised system.

'As an agreement on the issue has already been signed, the centre will be established very soon,' SC spokesperson Dr Ram Krishna Timalsena told journalists today.

According to him, Professional Computer System has already began necessary works in this regard. Through the centre, the apex court will provide information on all existing Acts and its verdicts.

The Asian Development Bank has provided a financial aid of about $80,000 for the centre.

At present, the Law Book Management Committee, a government-owned institution, has the official right to publish the Acts and other law related books.

Meanwhile, the apex court going to demand 11 more judges to the apex court in order to deliver quick justice, Dr Timalsena said.

'Due to insufficient justices at the apex court the process of delivering justice has been delaying,' he said, adding, 'If the apex court gets 25 judges there will be no problem in handling the pending cases.' Currently, there are 25,000 pending cases.

According to him, the apex court is also going to demand quota for a Registrar General and one more Registrar. 'When the government has a Chief Secretary and a General Secretary at the Parliament Secretariat, why not SC too have a Registrar General? ' Timalsena said.

The SC is also preparing dissolve permanent courts in the districts where there is no minimum work load and set up temporary mobile court to handle the cases there. 'Where there are no cases, permanent courts are not needed there. Currently there are 19 district courts in the hilly region which lack minimum work load,' he said.