of life and death, during the space of forty years,
though it has been continually altering the systems in
other branches. It is my humble opinion, therefore, that
the appointment of such native assessors should be
reduced to a regular system in the civil courts. The}'
should be appointed by government for life, at the
recommendation of the Sudder Dewanee Adawlut, which
should select them carefully, with a view to their
character and qualifications, and allow them to hold their
situations during life and good behaviour, on a salary
of from 300 to 400 rupees per mensem. They should
be responsible to the government as well as to the public
for their decisions, in the same manner as the European
judges, and correspond directly with the judicial secretary,
A casting voice should be allowed to the European judge,
in appointing the native officers, in case of difference
of opinion ■, the native assessor, however, having a right
to record his dissent. These assessors should be selected
out of those natives who have been already employed
for a period of not less than five years as assessors
(Mufti), lawyers (Zillah Court Maulavis), or as the head
native officers in the judicial department.*
Par. 2. This measure would remove the evils pointed
out in the answers to Q. 5 and to Q. 7. Nos, 1, 2 and 3.
and also afford a partial remedy to the evils noticed in
Nos. 5, 6 and 8 of Answer 7, as well as provide against
the evils referred to in answer to Query 24.
Par. 3. In order however to render the administra-
tion of justice efficient and as perfect as human efforts
* The native judicial officers are gererally versed in Persian,
and therefore the proceedings hitherto generally held in that
language would be familar to them.
though it has been continually altering the systems in
other branches. It is my humble opinion, therefore, that
the appointment of such native assessors should be
reduced to a regular system in the civil courts. The}'
should be appointed by government for life, at the
recommendation of the Sudder Dewanee Adawlut, which
should select them carefully, with a view to their
character and qualifications, and allow them to hold their
situations during life and good behaviour, on a salary
of from 300 to 400 rupees per mensem. They should
be responsible to the government as well as to the public
for their decisions, in the same manner as the European
judges, and correspond directly with the judicial secretary,
A casting voice should be allowed to the European judge,
in appointing the native officers, in case of difference
of opinion ■, the native assessor, however, having a right
to record his dissent. These assessors should be selected
out of those natives who have been already employed
for a period of not less than five years as assessors
(Mufti), lawyers (Zillah Court Maulavis), or as the head
native officers in the judicial department.*
Par. 2. This measure would remove the evils pointed
out in the answers to Q. 5 and to Q. 7. Nos, 1, 2 and 3.
and also afford a partial remedy to the evils noticed in
Nos. 5, 6 and 8 of Answer 7, as well as provide against
the evils referred to in answer to Query 24.
Par. 3. In order however to render the administra-
tion of justice efficient and as perfect as human efforts
* The native judicial officers are gererally versed in Persian,
and therefore the proceedings hitherto generally held in that
language would be familar to them.