| Citizen
Survey |
(CSD Q601) |
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something bad happened to you, do you think you would get justice? |
Women |
N |
Men |
N |
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| Yes |
65.6% |
625 |
59.1% |
575 |
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| Citizen Survey |
(CSD Q602) |
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| Where would you go to get justice if something bad happened to
you |
Traditional
local arbiters |
Nowhere |
State Distict
(courts) |
State Upazilla
(Police) |
Sponsored local
arbiters |
N |
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| Women |
42.2% |
16.3% |
18.4% |
2.5% |
1.0% |
625 |
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| Men |
54.7% |
26.8% |
13.4% |
1.2% |
1.5% |
575 |
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| Practitioner Survey, People outside Court |
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N |
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| Most
common attitudes among people attending formal court: |
Cases run too
long |
Standing room
only |
Plaintiff
doesn't always attend |
26 |
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| Practitioner
Survey |
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N |
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| Most common attitudes of Village Court users outside 4 sampled
Village Courts in Bara Para, Bijoypur, Baishgaon, and Nather union parishads: |
Less
costly than formal court |
Cases disposed
of quickly |
Easy to get
justice |
No harrassment
by officials or staff |
51 |
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| INFRASTRUCTURE |
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| Formal Courts |
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| Court rooms |
Location |
Number of court
rooms |
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| CJM court |
Comilla district HQ |
6 |
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| DS court |
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21 |
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| NOS court |
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1 |
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| Approximate furthest distance to district HQ from within district |
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52 |
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| Approx hours
drive |
1.5 |
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| Associated costs BDT at: |
Village Courts |
Shalish |
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1000 - 2000 |
0 |
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| RESOURCES |
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| Total
Budget Courts |
38591500 |
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| Magistrates
per 100000 |
0.2 |
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| Judges per 100000 |
0.3 |
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| Total village courts |
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no data |
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| Village
courts with |
Ejlas |
no data |
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| Village
courts with |
Village Court Assistant |
no data |
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| CASE
PROCESSING |
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| Av no.
adjournments per case |
Main reason for
adjournments |
Av time to
complete trial |
Proportion of
trials ending in a guilty plea |
Proportion of
offences compounded |
proportion
accused rep by lawyer |
any pre-trial
review to expedite case disposal |
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| 10 -
25 |
witness
not present |
6 -24 months |
very
few |
very few |
most |
no |
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| Number
of pending cases of more than five years old end 2012 |
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| CJM court |
5005 |
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| DS court |
no data |
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| NOScourt |
no data |
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| Cases
per magistrate /judge in 2012 |
CJM |
3496 |
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DS
Judge |
1804 |
civil and criminal cases |
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NOS Judge |
4586 |
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| Av cases per month |
CJM |
291 |
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DS Judge |
150 |
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NoS |
382 |
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| percent
cases carried over from 2012 caseload |
CJM 2012 |
55.4% |
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DSC
2012 |
51% |
criminal |
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76% |
civil |
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NOS 2012 |
72% |
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| Pending
cases growth rate end 2012 |
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DSC |
26.7% |
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CJM |
13.7% |
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NOS |
11.2% |
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| Village courts |
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%
applicants women |
Time
for case disposal |
Average
monthly caseload |
Decision
implemented |
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more than 50% |
1 - 2 hours |
2 - 10 |
70 - 80% |
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| Shalish |
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%
applicants women |
Time
for case disposal |
Average
monthly caseload |
Average
cases resolved per month |
Decision
implemented |
Most
common resolution |
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80% |
50%
within one month, others 3-4 months |
ten
to 40 |
six
to 20 |
90% |
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| GOVERNANCE |
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| Citizen Survey |
CSD Q208g |
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CSD Q509 & 517n |
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SHALISH |
N |
Formal court Victims
and accused |
N |
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| yes neutral process |
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| Women |
77.9% |
68 |
78% |
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| Men |
80.6% |
165 |
83% |
41 |
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| Practitioner Survey |
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Citizen Survey |
CSD Q208c |
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| Formal
supervision mechanism for courts |
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SHALISH |
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| CJM court |
no data |
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There was at
least one female shalishkar? |
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| DS court |
no data |
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Women |
3% |
n = 68 |
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Men |
7.4% |
n = 165 |
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