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Today marks the beginning of the “Court Shift System” pilot program, which aims to minimize the number of cases that the courts have to handle by making the best use of the resources already available to them.
With effect from today, Monday, March 25, 2024, eight designated courts will meet in two sessions, from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm and 8:30 am to 1:30 pm, respectively.
Eight courts are piloting with the shift system:
- High Court’ 1′, Adentan
- High Court ‘2’, Adentan
- High Court 1, Amasaman
- Circuit Court, Weija
- District Court, La
- District Court, Teshie
- District Courts A&B, Madina
- High Court, Nsawam
The Judicial Service claims that certain courts have over 600 backlogs of open cases, necessitating the implementation of the Shift System.
The Court Shift System will be implemented in eight courts beginning on March 25 according to a March 14 circular signed by Justice Cyra Pamela C. A. Koranteng, the Judicial Secretary, and a March 19 news release announcing Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s introduction of the system.
“The rationale for the Court Shift System stems from the fact that findings from a physical count of dockets undertaken in all Courts nationwide demonstrated that a number of identified Courts have huge caseloads with some in excess of 600 pending cases,” the circular to staff of the service stated.
The morning shift will run from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and the afternoon session will run from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., as stated in both the staff circular and the public statement.
In the Circular, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo expressed the hope that its implementation will improve citizen access to justice by providing flexible court hours that accommodate a variety of schedules, decrease the backlog of cases in the designated courts, and increase the judicial system’s overall effectiveness.
Read the statement issued by the Judiciary Secretary below:
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
