THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, August 4: Judges do not live in an ivory tower. They make outreach and hear commoners beyond the courtroom who show a tremendous amount of faith and trust in the judiciary.
It was a different Sunday afternoon in the Civil Court in Daltonganj. Around 2 o’clock in the day print and electronic media got a call from the office of the court to reach there.
As it was Sunday and a cloudy day too, none had expected a call from the court office. Everyone rushed. A few journalists saved time when they reached without wearing shoes.
Brooms in Hands of Judges
There were a good number of broomsticks. Right from the Principal District and Sessions Judge (PDJ) Diwakar Pandey down to the Registrar, including lady judges and judicial officers, the first thing that struck was the availability of the broomsticks.
Without any word or rhetoric, the illustrious team led by the Principal District and Sessions Judge (PDJ) Diwakar Pandey got on the job, sweeping the premises! The team did it honestly. It was not for any benefit of the lens.
Women judges and judicial officers were seen more at ease with the broomstick than their male counterparts. There was more swiftness of women judges and judicial officers holding a broomstick in their hands.
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Cleanliness Message for Litigants
The PDJ then took a few steps and came to the media team, asking them, “How do people spit on the corner of the wall of the staircase. And they have no regret about it. It’s too bad a practice. Let those who do it, shun it.”
He quipped, “Do people who so leave behind stink and dirt here replicate the same back home? No. Then why do they do this ‘gandagi’ here?”
The PDJ and his team insisted on more and more awareness of saaf safai. The team felt the litigants who come here have either no concern for cleanliness or have no idea of what they are doing.
Court Renovation and Hygiene Efforts
A major renovation work is on in the Civil Court building. Drainages are coming up. The recent spell of heavy rains had waterlogged the Civil Court premises. Toilets are being made more usable. Anti-malaria spray is on.
A large portion of the Civil Court here is full of debris and wreckages. Special effects are to be placed in for woman litigants who come here with their suckling babies.
A senior district judge standing close to the PDJ had a word of advice to the users of the facilities when he said, “Have proper usage of the facilities. Mess comes in when usage is improper.”
Focus on Awareness, Not Punishment
Reminded that there is a series of CCTV cameras installed here and so anyone spreading trashes can be identified and ‘punished’ by the officers to which the PDJ and his team had a ‘flash of smile’ saying “No punishment at all but a sincere and honest concern for a clean space be with the doer has to be conveyed.”
Lady Cop Sets an Example
Principal District and Sessions Judge (PDJ) Diwakar Pandey was all praise for a lady cop Rita Kumari who was found sweeping the floor and picking the trash all by herself without being assigned to this task of cleanliness by the court on Sunday.”
“When I came around here this morning, I saw this gentle and dutiful lady cop busy doing cleanliness work for which she was not cut out, as the management of the cleanliness is the task of the personnel of the court, but this lady cop was just painstakingly doing the job”, reiterated PDJ Pandey.
The PDJ in a way sent out a strong message to the personnel engaged for the saaf safai in the court.
The lady cop had a long broomstick in her hand when she was presented before the mediapersons by the PDJ Diwakar Pandey. She was too overwhelmed with the admiration of her work by the top of the Civil Court here.
She told this correspondent, “It’s great that Judge sahib has so many good words for her work. I believe I was doing my job. Is this any good to spend time when trash is around?”
Media Role in Spreading Awareness
Taking a departure from the event and in the larger interest of the society, the PDJ suggested that the mediapersons to give a full-length story of conviction and sentence in the NDPS Act, as no harm is if the picture of the sentenced convict of NDPS Act comes in the media.
Court sources said the society must know the sentenced convict of the NDPS Act which may be a deterrent to many thinking about the same illegal and illicit trade and trafficking of narcotics.
The PDJ ensured the team of mediapersons shouldn’t go without a cup of tea.
