The cabinet has approved the draft of the “Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2015” keeping the provision to increase the fiduciary jurisdiction of the lower court judges to dispose of civil cases.
The cabinet has also approved the draft of the “Bangladesh Coast Guard Act-2015,” keeping the provision of punishment.
The approvals came in the regular cabinet meeting held at the Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the chair.
After the cabinet meeting, the cabinet secretary briefed reporters that the amendment proposed increasing the jurisdiction of assistant judges to deal with civil cases of assets worth Tk15 lakh from the current Tk2lakh, while for senior assistant judges, it would be increased to Tk25 lakh from Tk4 lakh.
In the appellate courts, the amendment proposed that a district judge would deal with civil cases worth Tk5 crore, which is now Tk5 lakh, the cabinet secretary said.
“It would expedite the disposal of civil cases, since civil cases with more monetary value would be disposed off in the lower courts at the district level,” he added.
The cabinet secretary said the Coast Guard Act has been framed in the same framework of the Border Guard Bangladesh Act.
