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Mizoram : Judiciary separated from Executive |
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Mizoram has taken the first concrete step towards separating the judiciary from the executive with the enactment of the Mizoram Civil Courts Bill 2005.
There was no difficulty with even the Opposition members in favour of the bill presented by Tawnluia, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Minister.
Tawnluia, winding up the discussion on the bill, said the main aim of the Civil Courts Bill 2005 was to create an infrastructure for the courts that would exist following the separation of the judiciary. He, however, assured that as regard laws, the same practices and procedures would continue. The only difference would be the change in the titles of the judges and the fact that these judges will henceforth be under the control of the High Court.
With this Act in place, the state will now have district courts to be established by the High Court and district judges appointed by it. The district courts will be presided over by a principal district judge. Also to be established by the High Court are senior civil judge courts for each district, civil judge courts and courts of small causes.
The Act also provides for the existing additional district magistrate courts, district courts and sub-district courts to be converted into courts of district judges, courts of senior civil judges and courts of junior civil judges respectively until they are reconstituted in accordance with the Act.
They have been allowed to use their existing seals too, until the high court orders a change.
The MNF government had given its nod to the separation of judiciary in 2001. It, however, backed out from actual legislation when the Young Mizo Association asked for a review of the consequences of separation of powers.
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