DRAFT-1 (citizens need to pass this draft in the Parliament) Emopwering States to decide procedure code for Lower Courts
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DRAFT-2 (citizens need to pass this draft in the State Assembly) Centralized Jury System in the State's High Court   |
Centralized Jury System in High Court --- Section   1   :   Preamble  
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This Act is to create a less nexusprone procedure for citizens by which citizens can run trials in the High Courts.
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| Section   2   : Format of the act 2.1
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Many of the clauses of this law are procedures or instructions, which may be an order or a request. The clause has list of persons for whom that procedure/instruction is meant for.
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| Section   3   : Appointments of senior officers and their main powers 3.1
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: CM ; Purpose: Appointment of senior officers] Within 2 days after passing this law, the CM will appoint 1 Registrar for entire State and 1 JA (i.e. Jury Administrator) for High Court.
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| Section   4   : Procedure for citizens to replace Jury Administrator 4.1
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar, Registrar’s clerks] A citizen residing in the State can present his ID and specify the serial numbers of (at most 5) candidates he Approves for the position of Jury Administrator in High Court. The clerk will enter the requests in the system and give the receipt to the citizen. The citizen to change his choices any day any month.
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar] The clerk may charge a fee of Rs 2 to Rs 5 to the citizen.
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar] The citizen can withdraw his Approvals any day. There will be no fee from withdrawing the Approvals.
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: CM ; Purpose: Replacement of Jury Administrator] If any candidate is approved by highest number of citizen-voters and over 25% of ALL citizen-voters, the CM will appoint him as new JA for HC within 2 days. If any candidate is approved by over 25% of ALL citizen-voters and his approval is 1% more than existing JA, the CM will appoint him as new JA within 2 days. The CM will not remove JA, previously approved by citizens, unless Approval goes below 20% of ALL citizens.
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar; Purpose: allowing a citizen to be candidate for JA] Any citizen of India who wants citizens’ Approval for the position of JA can register himself with the Registrar. The Registrar will charge a deposit of Rs 5000 and a monthly fee Rs 500 per month. There will be no fee after over 2% of ALL citizens of the State have approved the candidate.
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar ; ] Word "citizen" in the context of Approval, means citizen above 18 and registered voter resident in the city
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| Section   5   : Formation of Grand Jury [ similar to section5 of "Jury System over Municipality Staff" Act]
| Section   6   : Meetings of Grand Jurors and compensation [ same as section6 of "Jury System over Municipality Staff" Act]
| Section   7: Admitting a trial in High Court 7.1
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[Procedure for Citizens]
If any person, be a private person or a State/District Prosecutor, has complaint against any other person, he can write to all or some Grand Jurors. The complainer must specify the remedy he wishes. The remedy can be |
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DRAFT-3 (citizens need to pass this draft in the State Assembly) Decentralized Jury System in the State's High Court   |
Decentralized Jury System in High Court --- Section   1   :   Preamble  
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This Act is to create a less nexusprone procedure for citizens by which citizens can run trials in the High Courts.
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| Section   2   : Format of the act 2.1
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Many of the clauses of this law are procedures or instructions, which may be an order or a request. The clause has list of persons for whom that procedure/instruction is meant for.
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| Section   3   : Appointments of senior officers and their main powers 3.1
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: CM ; Purpose: Appointment of senior officers] Within 2 days after passing this law, the CM will appoint 1 Registrar for entire State and 1 JA (i.e. Jury Administrator) for High Court.
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| Section   4   : Procedure for citizens to replace Jury Administrator 4.1
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar, Registrar’s clerks] A citizen residing in the State can present his ID and specify the serial numbers of (at most 5) candidates he Approves for the position of Jury Administrator in High Court. The clerk will enter the requests in the system and give the receipt to the citizen. The citizen to change his choices any day any month.
| 4.2
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar] The clerk may charge a fee of Rs 2 to Rs 5 to the citizen.
| 4.3
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar] The citizen can withdraw his Approvals any day. There will be no fee from withdrawing the Approvals.
| 4.4
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: CM ; Purpose: Replacement of Jury Administrator] If any candidate is approved by highest number of citizen-voters and over 25% of ALL citizen-voters, the CM will appoint him as new JA for HC within 2 days. If any candidate is approved by over 25% of ALL citizen-voters and his approval is 1% more than existing JA, the CM will appoint him as new JA within 2 days. The CM will not remove JA, previously approved by citizens, unless Approval goes below 20% of ALL citizens.
| 4.5
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar; Purpose: allowing a citizen to be candidate for JA] Any citizen of India who wants citizens’ Approval for the position of JA can register himself with the Registrar. The Registrar will charge a deposit of Rs 5000 and a monthly fee Rs 500 per month. There will be no fee after over 2% of ALL citizens of the State have approved the candidate.
| 4.6
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[Person responsible for this procedure/directive: Registrar ; ] Word "citizen" in the context of Approval, means citizen above 18 and registered voter resident in the city
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| Section   5   : Formation of Grand Jury [ similar to section5 of "Jury System over Municipality Staff" Act]
| Section   6   : Meetings of Grand Jurors and compensation [ same as section6 of "Jury System over Municipality Staff" Act]
| Section   7: Admitting a trial in High Court 7.1
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[Procedure for Citizens]
If any person, be a private person or a State/District Prosecutor, has complaint against any verdict of the Lower Court or other person, he can write to all or some Grand Jurors. The complainer must specify the remedy he wishes. The remedy can be |
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