Again, the floods of 2014 are referred to in the context of how Munsiff Court complex in Pampore area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was ravaged but more than three and a half years time seems insufficient to the concerned authorities in the Government to make it functional so that problems faced by lawyers and the litigants could be over.
JKPCC constructed Munsiff Court Complex in Frestbal area of Pampore in 2012 and lawyers started working in that complex for one year before floods devastated that. Munsiff Court was established in the year 1996 from a rented accommodation and was shifted to the new building after more than a decade. Lawyers complain that the court building is “deliberately” not renovated as the cost would escalate and the Government was not willing to pay for it for political reasons. As on date, the Munsiff Court was functioning from an old building which is cracked and lacks basic amenities like parking accommodation and was close to the highway. There are traffic jams outside the court complex which hampered the smooth work in the court.
The astonishing aspect of the matter is that the new building was constructed in a flood- prone area and on the part of the playground area which was objected to by the lawyers who wanted the building to be constructed near Fire – Services but they were never heard. We have authoritatively learnt that all paper work like estimated cost etc has since been completed and forwarded to the Government only after a few months of floods but proper response was awaited. The concerned authorities need to take a call on urgent basis now.
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