The Minister of Justice has appointed members to the five sub-committees to rapidly reform and modernize the legal system of Sri Lanka.
Minister Ali Sabry P.C. appointed the Legal Advisors and Sector Consultants to the committees at a meeting held at the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday (13).
The five sub-committees were the result of the Cabinet Memo submitted by the Minister setting out the major problems affecting the administration of justice in Sri Lanka.
The Minister has also proposed an action plan to address the issues within three years.
The Cabinet memo approved by the Cabinet provides for an overall strategy to address law’s delays through the appointment of the following five sub-committees:
1. Infrastructure Development
2. Digitization and Court Automation
3. Criminal Law Reforms (Criminal Law)
4. Civil Law Reforms
5. Commercial Law Reforms
The sub-committees are headed by reputed Attorneys-at-Law who are specialized in their fields.
The Cabinet has also approved a full time Secretariat with provisions for research officers, staff and any support necessary to achieve the ultimate objective of solving the issue of law’s delays in Sri Lanka within the targeted time frame.
Attorney-at-law and Coordinating Secretary at the Ministry of Justice Shamir Zavahir told NewsWire that the issue of law’s delays and the resulting injustice has been unaddressed in Sri Lanka for too long.
“Litigants have little faith in the outcome of cases due to unacceptable timeframes taken to reach their conclusion. The Minister of Justice Ali Sabry, P.C has made it one of his primary objectives to address this issue. The Ministry is confident that this objective can be successfully achieved within an acceptable time frame,” he added. (NewsWire)