SHAH ALAM, May 12 (Bernama) -- Chief Justice Tun Zaki Tun Azmi said Thursday that the transformation of the judiciary which started in 2009 was showing results and had helped reduce backlogged cases.
He said prior to 2009, the judiciary was faced a with a serious backlog of cases with some civil and criminal cases taking up to 10 to 12 years to settle.
"Based on statistics, at the end of December 2009 there were 93,523 civil cases backlogged in the High Courts but the latest statistics in March 2011 showed only 7,235 of these cases had yet to be cleared.
"For criminal cases (backlogged at the High Courts), they numbered 4,544 cases at the end of 2009 and only 381 of them have yet to be disposed," he said at the opening of the RM93.1 million Annex Building of the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Court Complex, here.
The annexe was opened by Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
Zaki said the judiciary's next key agenda was to clear all backlogged cases as soon as possible as "justice delayed was justice denied".
He said various steps were being taken to improve the judiciary's delivery system among them the implementation of the Court Recording and Transcription system), Case Management System) and Queue Management System).
Also present were Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong.
The annexe houses 13 lower courts.
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