Citizen Survey  Q601
If something bad happened to you, do you think you would get justice? Women n Men n
Yes 73.4% 609 63.5% 591
Citizen Survey Q501 Q301 Q201  
Have never used Formal court Village court Shalish  
          N
Women 97% 100% 89%   609
Men 85% 0.993 66%   501
Citizen Survey   Q602        
Where would you go to get justice if something bad happened to you? (3 most common responses) Traditional Local arbiters State Distict (courts) Nowhere State Upazilla (Police) Sponsored Local arbiters N
Women 53.8% 23.5% 8.7 8.5 0.5 609
Men 54.2% 19.1% 22.0% 2.7 1.1 591
 
Interview Responses (MIR)
Most common attitudes of people attending Village Court outside 3 VCs Time for case to be resolved Associated costs BDT Consensus N
10 - 35  days BDT70  VC good alternative to police and court 12
INFRASTRUCTURE
Court rooms Location Number of court rooms
DSC Gopalganj District HQ 9
CJM Gopalganj District HQ 5
Approximate furthest distance to district HQ from within district    
KM 60  
Hours drive 2  
Associated costs BDT at: Village Courts Shalish  
  20 - 70 0 -300  
       
RESOURCES
Total budget DS and CJM Courts2012/13 31914500
Magistrates per 100000 0.5
Judges per 100000 0.75
Total village courts   no data but corresponds w number UP
Village courts with  Ejlas no data
Village courts with Village Court Assistant no data
CASE PROCESSING
Practitioner Survey (PSR)              
Most common characterization of formal justice processes from practitioners at CJM courts 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 of false cases proportion accused rep by lawyer any pre-trial review to expdite case disposal
  25  witness not present 1 -2 years very few less than 50% many all no but would be helpful
Practitioner Survey                      
Most common characterization of formal justice processes from practitioners at DS courts 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 of false cases proportion accused rep by lawyer any pre-trial review to expdite case disposal local co-ordination mechanism for justice actors to meet regularly to discuss local justice situation proportion of accused who are women most common crimes of which women accused
  Between 25 and 50 non attendance of witness more than 2 years very few no data some all no but would be helpful yes, facilitated by Madaripur Legal Aid Association 5% narcotics
Practitioner Survey        
Most common attitudes among witnesses and accused prior attendances at court distances travelled costs to attend N
         
  10 to 35 up to 70 km 245 - 3,000 55
   
Number of pending cases of more than five years old end 2012  
CJM court 217
 DS court 153
 NOScourt 0
Cases per magistrate /judge in 2012 CJM 2066  
  DS Judge 11742 civil and criminal cases
  NOS Judge 669  
Av cases per month CJM 172
  DS Judge 979
  NoS 56
   
Percent cases carried over from 2012 caseload CJM 2012 42.6%  
  DSC 2012 55.8% criminal
    81.4% civil
  NOS 2012 85.1%  
Pending cases growth rate end 2012    
  CJM 8.8%
  DSC 51.2% Data note SC data provides 340%
  NOS 27.3%
Practitioner Survey
Village courts         N
Interview with VC member and administration % applicants women Time for case disposal Average monthly caseload Decision implemented 6
  more than 50% 1-2 hours  4 - 5 per month 60-100%
 
Practitioner survey  
Most common attitudes of people attending Village Court outside 3 VCs Time for case to be resolved Associated costs BDT Consensus N
  18 days - 5 weeks BDT70  VC good alternative to police and court 12
 
 
Shalish            
  % applicants women Time for case disposal Average monthly caseload Average cases resolved per month Maintain settlement agreed Most common resolution
  20 - 40% under 1 month ten to 40 2 - 15 cases 75 - 95% Restitution
             
Governance
Practitioner Survey  
Formal supervision mechanism for courts  
CJM court regular supervision by DS Judge
DS court no data
Citizen Survey  Q208g   Q509 & 517n    
  SHALISH N Formal court Victims and accused N  
yes  neutral process          
Women 72.6% 62 87.5% 8  
Men 87.1% 194 63% 63  
Citizen Survey Q208c N  
SHALISH    
There was at least one female shalishkar? Yes    
Women 3.2 62  
Men 4.6 194