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SUCCESS IN CLEARING BACKLOG CASES IN MALAYSIA - CJ
By Jamaluddin Muhammad
BANGKOK, March 7 (Bernama) -– The Malaysian Judiciary's adoption of 14 strategies to clear the backlog of cases in the last two years, resulted in its significant reduction, said Chief Justice Zaki Azmi.
He said the strategies were understanding the problem by physical check and visits to the courts, stock taking and arranging of files, supervision by chief judges and managing judges, increase of judges, tracking system, specialised courts, computerised system and address postponements issue.
Judicial training, simplification of procedures, mediation, earlier
sittings, bench book and pamphlets for public and minor improvement to the attendance card and display of registrar on duty.
"You need to know how much sugar is left in your house first before buying new sugar. The same thing goes with the backlog cases, we must know how many cases and where they are first," he said when meeting Malaysian Embassy staff at its premises here Sunday.
He said arranging of files played an important role too, as some cases could not be settled due to missing files, prompting the judiciary to enhance its filing system.
Zaki said supervision by chief judges on their subordinates in disposing cases through a computerised tracking system proved effective in keeping track with the mission.
The judiciary has also introduced special courts, including commercial, intellectual property, muamalat, admiralty and family, in meeting the challenges.
He said computerised system involved e-filing, Queue Management System (QMS), Case Management System (CMS), Court Recording and Transcription (CRT).
"Judges no longer need to write details of the proceedings as the entire proceedings are video recorded, resulting in cases for disposal, three to four times faster," he said.
He said the number of disposed civil cases at high courts, including backlog, was reduced by 64 per cent, as of December last year.
The disposal of criminal cases at high courts, including backlog, reached a 22.3 per cent reduction, he said.
For the session courts, the reduction rate is 46.5 per cent for civil cases and 11.9 per cent for criminal.
Zaki said magistrate courts recorded a reduction rate of 57 per cent and 55.9 per cent, respectively, for civil and criminal cases.
He said the timely disposal of cases was important in bringing justice to those involved in the court processes.
The chief justice also attributed the success in clearing the backlog cases to the lawyers and government enforcement agencies as they too, played their roles effectively.
Zaki visited the embassy after attending the Asean Law Association (ALA)Governing Council Meeting in Pattaya.
Speaking to Bernama later, Zaki, who will be retiring in September, pledged to continue with his mission of clearing as many backlog cases as possible in the next six months before retiring.
"My target is six months for the disposal of any case at magistrate courts, nine months for sessions courts and 12 months for high courts," he said.
Zaki, who took over the helm of the judiciary since November 2008, however, believed that total disposal of backlog cases might not be achieved during his term but a substantial number would have been cleared.
Also present during the meeting with the embassy staff was Deputy Chief of Mission Syed Bakri Syed Abdul Rahman.
BANGKOK, March 7 (Bernama) -– The Malaysian Judiciary's adoption of 14 strategies to clear the backlog of cases in the last two years, resulted in its significant reduction, said Chief Justice Zaki Azmi.
He said the strategies were understanding the problem by physical check and visits to the courts, stock taking and arranging of files, supervision by chief judges and managing judges, increase of judges, tracking system, specialised courts, computerised system and address postponements issue.
Judicial training, simplification of procedures, mediation, earlier
sittings, bench book and pamphlets for public and minor improvement to the attendance card and display of registrar on duty.
"You need to know how much sugar is left in your house first before buying new sugar. The same thing goes with the backlog cases, we must know how many cases and where they are first," he said when meeting Malaysian Embassy staff at its premises here Sunday.
He said arranging of files played an important role too, as some cases could not be settled due to missing files, prompting the judiciary to enhance its filing system.
Zaki said supervision by chief judges on their subordinates in disposing cases through a computerised tracking system proved effective in keeping track with the mission.
The judiciary has also introduced special courts, including commercial, intellectual property, muamalat, admiralty and family, in meeting the challenges.
He said computerised system involved e-filing, Queue Management System (QMS), Case Management System (CMS), Court Recording and Transcription (CRT).
"Judges no longer need to write details of the proceedings as the entire proceedings are video recorded, resulting in cases for disposal, three to four times faster," he said.
He said the number of disposed civil cases at high courts, including backlog, was reduced by 64 per cent, as of December last year.
The disposal of criminal cases at high courts, including backlog, reached a 22.3 per cent reduction, he said.
For the session courts, the reduction rate is 46.5 per cent for civil cases and 11.9 per cent for criminal.
Zaki said magistrate courts recorded a reduction rate of 57 per cent and 55.9 per cent, respectively, for civil and criminal cases.
He said the timely disposal of cases was important in bringing justice to those involved in the court processes.
The chief justice also attributed the success in clearing the backlog cases to the lawyers and government enforcement agencies as they too, played their roles effectively.
Zaki visited the embassy after attending the Asean Law Association (ALA)Governing Council Meeting in Pattaya.
Speaking to Bernama later, Zaki, who will be retiring in September, pledged to continue with his mission of clearing as many backlog cases as possible in the next six months before retiring.
"My target is six months for the disposal of any case at magistrate courts, nine months for sessions courts and 12 months for high courts," he said.
Zaki, who took over the helm of the judiciary since November 2008, however, believed that total disposal of backlog cases might not be achieved during his term but a substantial number would have been cleared.
Also present during the meeting with the embassy staff was Deputy Chief of Mission Syed Bakri Syed Abdul Rahman.
