<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government has taken steps to build a smart judiciary system in the country in line with the 2041 vision of turning the country into Smart Bangladesh.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We’ve made Digital Bangladesh. Now our vision is to build Smart Bangladesh by 2041. We’ve taken steps to make a smart judiciary as well,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the ‘Smriti Chironjib’ monument at Bangladesh Supreme Court.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read: Judiciary to be fully digitized within 2 years: Palak</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She opened the monument constructed marking the golden jubilee of Bangladesh Supreme Court and laid the foundation stone of the 14-storey Record Bhaban of the Supreme Court.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hasina said there would be a smart population, smart government, smart economy and smart society in the Smart Bangladesh. So, a smart judiciary is absolutely necessary in that case. You’ve already come a long way in this direction,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury was present at the function presided over by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read: Judiciary is independent, says Quader after Rozina’s bail</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Law Minister Anisul Huq, Attorney General Abu Mohammad Amin Uddin and President of Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association Md. Momtazuddin Fakir spoke on the occasion, while SC Appellate Division’s Justice Obaidul Hassan delivered the welcome speech.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read more: Judiciary awaits a big boost; Law University, Judicial Academy planned</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister said the government will establish a law university in the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Talking about the introduction of the virtual court system in the wake of the backlog of cases intensified due to the Covid-19 pandemic, she said the backlog of cases has eased today due to the virtual court system.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Today the cases are being disposed of and the people are getting justice quickly (due to virtual court),” she said, adding that the people are enjoying the benefits of Digital Bangladesh made by her government.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier thanked the judges for reducing the backlog of cases by accepting it (the virtual court system).&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said now the cause list is available online and the people can see it staying in their houses. The virtual courts are run and the system has been introduced to deliver judgement in Bengali. The information regarding the disposal of the court’s judgement is given online. Everyone can know the update of their cases, she added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I think these measures are making it very easy for the people of this country to get justice. So, the assurance and confidence of getting justice has returned among the people,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said justice, democratic rights, socio-economic rights, cultural rights of the people should remain guaranteed. “Bangladesh will move fast with its own course,” she said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>