Mymensingh Courts Key Findings
Citizen Survey Q601
If you something bad happened to you, do you think you would get justice? Women N Men N
Yes 76.4% 599 66.6% 601
 
Citizen Survey Q501 Q301 Q201  
Have never used Formal court Village court Shalish  
        N
Women 96.5% 100% 92.3% 601  
Men 83.8% 99.3% 81.8% 599  
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 56.5% 24.0% 6.0% 7.3% 0.5 601
Men 58.2% 25.9% 11.7% 3.0% .2 599
INFRASTRUCTURE
Court rooms Location Number of court rooms
DSC Mymensingh district HQ 21
CJM Mymensingh district HQ 9
Approximate furthest distance to district HQ from within district    
KM 76  
Hours drive 2.5  
Associated costs BDT at: Village Courts Shalish
  50 50
     
RESOURCES
Total Budget DS and CJM courts 2012/2013 40748300
Magistrates per 100000 0.23
Judges per 100000 0.26
Total village courts   no data 
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 any pre-trial review to expedite case disposal
  25  witness not present 6  -24 m very few very few all no 
Number of pending cases of more than five years old end 2012  
CJM court no data
 DS court no data
 NOS court 42
Cases per magistrate /judge in 2012 CJM   1868
  DS Judge criminal 716
    civil no data
  NoS   1679
Av cases per month CJM   156
  DS Judge criminal 60
    civil no data
  NoS   140
PSD
Village courts        
  % applicants women Time for case disposal Average monthly caseload  
  25 - 50% NO DATA 5 to 10  
Shalish            
  % applicants women Time for case disposal Average monthly caseload Average cases resolved per month Maintain settlement agreed Most common resolution
  10 - 35% under 1 month 2 to 15 most 90-95% Restitution
             
GOVERNANCE
Formal supervision mechanism for courts yes what data
CJM court y yes DS Judge supervises regularly none
DS court y no data none
Citizen Survey CSD Q208g   CSD Q509 & 517n    
  SHALISH   Formal court Victims and accused    
yes  neutral process   N   N  
Women 81.8% 44 85.7% 7  
Men 86.2% 109 100% 84  
Citizen Survey CSD Q208c  
  SHALISH  
There was at least one female shalishkar?   N
Women 9.1% 44
Men 1.8% 109