Jammu, Nov 21: The Jammu and Kashmir government is set to form a special committee in order to review laws which are now redundant to quicken the pace of judicial work in the state. 

 After a careful review, the government will ascertain the viability and applicability of laws suited to the present times while abrogating the obsolete laws. The Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Abdul Haq Khan, stated that the need of the hour is to sharpen the judiciary in the state which is overloaded with pending work and needs to cut away the slack.  

"The government is also mulling amendments to laws based on Law Commission recommendations," he said and sought suggestions from legal experts on the need for amendments in certain criminal laws.Calling for cooperation between the Prosecution and Investigation wings, the minister said officers from both the sections need to work diligently as they are responsible for providing justice to the aggrieved people

 The Minister said suggestions in this regard could be forwarded to the Law Department to help the government improve the state's criminal justice system

Khan said coordination between the investigating agencies, forensic and medical experts and prosecutors can lead to foolproof mechanism for establishing the case during trial.

 Expressing concern over shortcomings in drug-related cases, the minister has directed all law officials to make prosecution's cases foolproof to ensure that criminals do not go free and asked the Director Prosecution to issue guidelines to prosecuting officers to plug the lacunas in such cases.

The Director of Health Services will ensure that medical reports related to criminal cases be provided to investigating team immediately and doctors ensured attendance in court cases to record their statements, whenever required.