| Number of Complaints Disposed of by the Chief Justice and the Court Leaders | Nature of Complaints | 2016 Total
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| Judicial / Statutory Decision | Judicial Conduct | Both Judicial / Statutory Decision and Judicial Conduct | Dissatisfaction with the Court Leader’s handling and / or findings of the original complaints |
| Chief Justice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Chief Judge of the High Court | 21 | 2 | 0 | NA | 23 |
| Chief District Judge | 10 | 1 | 6 | NA | 17 |
| Chief Magistrate | 21 | 3 | 4 | NA | 28 |
| Sub-total | 56 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 77 |
| Notes: |
| i. | The total number of cases filed in 2016 is 478,141. |
| ii. | Complaints related to judicial conduct can be broadly classified according to their nature. Among complaints on judicial conduct above, 5 cases are related to attitude and behavior in court, 5 cases are related to handling of actual proceedings in court, 1 case is related to conduct not directly related to court work and 5 cases are related to mixed nature. |
| iii. | Among complaints not concerning judicial / statutory decisions above, there is one partially justified case relating to the conduct not directly related to court work. The complainant made four allegations against a Magistrate: (i) The Magistrate allowed the private painting teacher for prolonged free parking at a court building. (ii) The Magistrate allowed the private painting teacher to give lessons at the chamber of court, which involved the usage of government resources (water and electricity). (iii) The Magistrate occupied all the washrooms at a floor of the court building and did not allow other staff to use them. (iv) The Magistrate bought a number of shredders with public funds and the reasons for which were unknown. The Court Leader found that the Magistrate did arrange the painting teacher parked a car at the courts building once every week for a short period when the teacher came to give private lessons during lunch hour. On the use of car parking facilities, although the Magistrate has notified the venue manager of the above arrangement, the Court Leader advised the Magistrate that that was inappropriate, and that all judges and judicial officers should display propriety in all matters of conduct, both in and out of court. The Magistrate accepted the advice. The car parking by the painting teacher has ceased. As regards the allegations concerning the use of toilet facilities, this was not justified and untrue. As regards paper shredders, it was noted that two additional shredders were ordered and placed at different locations of the court building for use by other Magistrates and staff. |
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