MBA Grads all set to Manage the Courts of Law

Pursuant to the recommendation of the 13^th Finance Commission in its Report submitted in 2009, professionally qualified Court Managers will be appointed in all the High Courts and District Courts in India. The posts have been set up to improve the efficiency of court management and in turn to expedite the disposal of cases. The Managers are to be primarily involved in evaluating the compliance standards set by the superior courts.

Pursuant to the recommendation of the 13^th Finance Commission in its Report submitted in 2009, professionally qualified Court Managers will be appointed in all the High Courts and District Courts in India. The posts have been set up to improve the efficiency of court management and in turn to expedite the disposal of cases. The Managers are to be primarily involved in evaluating the compliance standards set by the superior courts.

Aimed to lessen the administrative workload of judges, these Court Managers will give the Judges, time to focus on judicial work. According to the then Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily, who accepted the recommendation of 13th Finance Commission, an amount of Rs 300 crore has already been allocated for the appointment of these Managers.

The Hindu reports, "To attract young talented management professionals to theses posts, the High Court has fixed the salary of Court Managers at Rs. 50,000 a month with provision for a 10 per cent raise a year."

However, appointment to these posts would be on contract basis with the High Court having powers to terminate a candidate's service any time. Court Managers would not have the right to seek permanent appointment, reports The Pioneer.

With these developments forming a part of the National Judicial Reforms, it is hoped that the arrears of cases in the superior and subordinate courts will drastically be reduced and the judge’s administrative burden will be substantially shared by the Court Managers, leaving room for him to exercise more of his judicial acumen.

Each High Court has been planned to have two Court Managers and every District Court and Circuit Bench of the Principal Bench, a single Court Manager. For each Judicial District too, as explained by a senior Law Ministry official, there will be one Court Manager to assist the Principal District and Sessions Judge.

With some of the High Courts already getting job applications for the post, it remains to be seen how successful this endeavour proves to be in tackling with the arrears of cases pending before the Courts of Law.