MARGAO: Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte has ruled out any re-think on the part of the government on scrapping the Saturday courts to dispose of the huge pendency of mundcarial and tenancy cases in the state.
The issue of the Saturday courts came to the fore during an interaction with the Revenue Minister seeking to know the reasons behind the strong reservations by the lawyers to practice in the Saturday courts. Lawyers maintained that they are not open to the idea of appearing in the Saturday courts for the simple reason that many of them take rest or had to attend to other matters during the weekend.
They pointed out they would have no problem if the presiding officers of the Saturday courts take up matters where the appearance of lawyers is not required. Khaunte, however, later told the media that the Saturday courts would continue, even as he hoped the legal fraternity will extend their cooperation to achieve the objective of speedy disposal of cases.
