Citizen Survey Q601
If you something bad happened to you, do you think you would get justice? Women N Men N
Yes 77.2% 606 69.7% 594
Citizen Survey Q501 Q301 Q201  
Have never used Formal court Village court Shalish  
        N
Women 97.4% 99.8% 98.1% 606
Men 82.5% 98.7% 78.8% 594
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 58.7% 22.1% 11.6% 5.3% 0.3 606
Men 62.4% 16.2% 16.2% 3.5% 0.2 594
 
 
 
INFRASTRUCTURE
Court rooms    
  Location Number of court rooms
DSC Rangpur District HQ 16
CJM Rangpur District HQ 7
 
Approximate furthest distance to district HQ from within district    
KM 60  
Hours drive 1.5  
     
Associated costs BDT at: Village Courts Shalish N
  no data civil 4 taka criminal 2 taka 2 Shalishkar Data Note: these are the same as set VC costs. Shalishkar interviewed are also members of VC panel and UP.
RESOURCES
Total budget DS and CJM courts 2012/13 42437300
Magistrates per 100000 0.2
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 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
  10 to 50  witness not present Wide range from 18 months to 10 years very few 2 - 3% all unclear some practitioners indicated that there is such a mechanism 5 to 10% narcotics
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 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 10 and 25 witness not present up to 3 years very few none all unclear some practitioners indicated that there is such a mechanism 5% narcotics
Number of pending cases of more than five years old end 2012  
CJM court 2056
 DS court 644
NOS court 2167
Cases per magistrate /judge in 2012 CJM 1846
  DS Judge 329.3076923 Data Note DS Judges also deal with civil cases,  but no data available for these, so this figure is based on the total amount of criminal cases and does not include the Special Court
  NoS 4764
Av cases per month CJM 153.83
  DS Judge 27.44230769
  NoS 397
Percent cases carried over from 2012 caseload CJM 2012 74%
  DSC 2012 75%
  NOS 2012 93%
Pending cases growth rate end 2012    
  CJM 1.7%
  DSC -15.1%
  NOS 11.5% Data note Supreme Court data: 22%
Practitioner Survey
Village courts      
Views of practitioners at  VCs % applicants women Time for case disposal Average monthly caseload
  more than 50% 1 - 2 hours 5 to 6
 
Practitioner Survey
Shalish          
  % applicants women Average monthly caseload Average cases resolved per month Maintain settlement agreed Most common resolution
  50% 15 - 16 14 - 15 cases 100% Compensation
           
GOVERNANCE
Practitioner Survey      
Formal supervision mechanism for courts yes no what
CJM court no data  
DS court y   Inspector visits subordinate courts on a regular basis Sometimes Judges from the Supreme Court visit subordinate courts as well. 
Citizen Survey Q208g   Q509 & 517n  
  SHALISH   Formal court Victims and accused  
yes  neutral process   N   N
Women 73.6% 47 100% 5
Men 82.9% 187 88.23% 34
Citizen Survey Q208c  
  SHALISH  
There was at least one female shalishkar   N
Women 5.7% 53
Men 1.6% 123