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New CJ to act tough on corruption

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KATHMANDU, May 6: The new Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi on Friday said that he will discourage the tendency to defer hearings and expedite all backlog cases, especially the ones related to corruption.



Regmi said so assuming the charge after taking the oath of office and secrecy from President Ram Baran Yadav. [break]



Speaking to journalists at his chamber, Regmi said he will establish a complaint desk within his office to deter the malpractice of influencing court proceedings.



"The objective behind setting up such desk is to thwart middlemen and others who deliberately influence the cases resorting to all possible means," said Regmi.



He said monitoring mechanism will be instituted to settle corruption cases with high priority. Regmi also said that he will fight for the independent judiciary.



"Free, fair and speedy justice is possible only if there is an independent judiciary. I would be very careful when it comes to maintaining the judiciary´s independence," he said.



Stating that he will work out ways to simplify case management system, Regmi shared his plans on how he would sort out the irregularities and wrong doings within the judiciary.








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