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District courts are not ‘secondary’, they are core of judicial system: Justice Oka

Courts at the district and taluka level should not be considered ‘secondary’ as they provide justice to the common people, Supreme Court judge Abhay S. Oka has said.

He was speaking after inaugurating the new building of the Bhiwandi magistrate court in Thane district on Wednesday.

District and taluka courts play an important role in providing justice to common people; hence they are the core of the judicial system and should not be looked upon as "secondary courts", he said.

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