Citizen Survey (CSD Q601)
If something bad happened to you, do you think you would get justice? Women   Men  
Yes 80.5% N=609 63.1% N=591
 
Citizen Survey (CSD Q602) (CSD Q602)
Where would you go to get justice if something bad happened to you? (3 most common responses) Traditional Local arbiters State district (Courts) Nowhere State Upazilla (Police) Sponsored Local arbiters (Village court, NGO, Other)  
Women 53.7% 27.1% 5.6% 5.7% 0.5% N=606
Men 63.6% 20.5% 8.5% 3.9% 0.2% N=594
 
 
Practitioner Survey, People outside Court      
  prior attendances at court costs to attend distances travelled in KM
Experiences of 10 people attending court: between 4 and 6 prior court attendances costs to attend between 200 -300 BDT they had travelled distances of between 16 - 45 km each time
Interview Responses PSD (MIR)
Most common attitudes of 3 Village Court users 3 outside 2 VCs  cost of proceedings is reasonable justice is achieved swiftly there is legal assistance at every level the court sits on a Saturday to help people get justice
 
INFRASTRUCTURE
Court rooms Location Number of court rooms
DSC Madaripur District HQ 8
CJM Madaripur District HQ 5
Approximate furthest distance to district HQ from within district    
KM 70  
Hours drive 2.5  
Associated costs BDT at: Village Courts Shalish
  200 -300 0 -150
     
RESOURCES
Total budget DS and CJM courts 2012/13 38591500
Magistrates per 100000 0.25
Judges per 100000 0.5
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 accused rep by lawyer pre-trial review to expedite case disposal  
  10 to 25  witness not present 6-24m none very few all never  
Number of pending cases of more than five years old end 2012  
CJM court no data
 DS court 708
 NOScourt no data
Cases per magistrate /judge in 2012 CJM   547.4
  DS Judge criminal 776
    civil 862
  NoS   1126 Data note: assume 1 NOS judge because no data 
Av cases per month CJM   46
  DS Judge criminal and civil 136
  NoS Judge   94
       
percent cases carried over from 2012 caseload CJM 2012 92.2%  
  DSC 2012 60% criminal
    77% civil
  NOS 2012 80%  
Pending cases growth rate end 2012    
  CJM 20.8%
  DSC 17.7% criminal
    7.3%
  NOS -20.2%
PSD
Village courts      
  % applicants women Time for case disposal Average monthly caseload
  20 - 50% 1 - 2 hours 5 to 10
PSD
Shalish          
  % applicants women Time for case disposal Maintain settlement agreed Percentage cases resolved Most common resolution
  30 - 90% under 1 month 90% 75 - 80% Restitution
           
Governance
Practitioner Survey        
Formal supervision mechanism for courts yes no what data
CJM court y   visits from Judges of higher courts and Ministry of Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs none
DS court y      
         
Citizen Survey CSD Q208g   CSD Q509 & 517n      
  SHALISH N Formal court Victims and accused   N  
yes  neutral process            
Women 72.3% 47 85.7%   7  
Men 88.8% 187 96.4%   84  
Citizen Survey CSD Q208c  
  SHALISH N
There was at least one female shalishkar?    
Women 3.7% 47
Men 8.5% 187