High Court cases to be heard on a daily basis

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Cabinet has decided to make it compulsory to hear all cases in the High Courts on a daily basis. Justice Minister, Thalatha Athukorala proposed amending Section 263 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No 15 of 1979 in order to make this provision mandatory, and resolve the massive backlog of cases in the High Courts.

Minister Athukorala noted in her Cabinet Paper that the total number of cases pending in the High Courts at the end of 2016 was 16,463 and by September 2017, the number amounted to 17,565.

At present, there is a circular issued by the Judicial Services Commission to all judges asking that trials over five years be held every day.

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