Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- Strengthening the village court system can significantly reduce case backlogs in traditional courts, speakers said at an exchange meeting with members of the Law Reporters Forum (LRF) in the capital on Wednesday.

The meeting, held at Hotel Intercontinental, was organised under the Village Courts Activation (Phase III) Project of the Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Union (EU).

Speakers stressed that an effective village court system would ease the pressure on regular courts while ensuring quick and cost-effective dispute resolution at the grassroots level. They called upon jour...