Srinagar, May 14: Union Minister of Law & Justice, Kiren Rijiju and Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting to review the development of judicial infrastructure in the UTs of Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh at the Raj Bhavan here on Saturday.
During the meeting, the Minister was briefed on the present status of the infrastructure of the Judiciary under the purview of the High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh. He was apprised on the budgetary allocation, utilization of funds for the development of infrastructure in court complexes during the previous years, future projects and major projects under execution.
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice also apprised the meeting about the status of works done under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
Union Law Minister directed the concerned officers to identify all the gaps pertaining to the infrastructure development of Judiciary under the High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh. He said that under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, special priority is being given to the development of Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh and North East regions. He assured that sufficient funding will be allocated for removing all the gaps in judicial infrastructure across the UTs of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh.
The meeting was attended by Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary; Vivek Bhardwaj, Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) Finance Department; G.R. Raghavender, Joint Secretary (National Mission for Justice Delivery & Legal Reforms), Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice; Sanjeev Gupta, Registrar General, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh; Achal Sethi, Law Secretary, J&K; Preet Pal Singh, Secretary Law Department, UT of Ladakh, besides other senior officers.
