CM does not favour separate high court

PORVORIM: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar opined that setting up a full-fledged independent high court for Goa is not financially viable. However, he said that he is open to discuss the issue with the lawyer fraternity.
Replying to a private member resolution moved by Fatorda MLA Vijay Sardesai, which stated that the state of Goa must complete its statehood by having a full-fledged independent high court, Parrikar said that he is open for discussion on the issue and suggested that Sardesai call the South Goa bar council for a meeting to discuss the issue of a separate high court for Goa.The state has a bench of Bombay high court.
Speaking on the resolution, Sardesai said that during the Portuguese regime, Goa had an independent high court which was the only high court in Asia. He said that the South Goa bar council is planning to launch a campaign for an independent high court in Goa
"Not having an independent high court in Goa, looks like hypocrisy on the part of the government," Sardesai said. He also said that because the high court bench "is connected with Maharashtra" we encounter administrative problems in the state.
Parrikar said that once it is independent it will get stagnated because we don't have more litigations and in a few years the number of cases will come down. "If we have an independent high court, then for a very long time there will be only three judges. There would be a problem in rotation of judges," Parrikar said, adding that financially there would be a four to five time increase.