Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon set up five fast-track courts in the state to take up cases concerning crimes against women including domestic violence, sexual assault and abuse, Law Minister Pruthiraj Harichandan said on Saturday.
These fast-track courts will dispose of cases within a period of one month to provide justice to suffering women, the Minister said while speaking at the 43rd annual conference of the Medico Legal Society of Odisha (MLSO), state branch of the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine (IAFM), held at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here.
Harichandan said the role of forensic medicine was crucial in dispensing justice to women victims of crime. It was necessary for investigating officers in police stations to acquire knowledge about the medico-legal domain, he said.
He praised IMS and SUM Hospital for organising such a program.
SOA Vice-Chancellor Pradipta Kumar Nanda, who attended the conference as guest of honour, said IMS and SUM Hospital had been greatly contributing in the field of research. This program would further strengthen the university’s research initiative, he said.
The conference was also addressed by SOA’s Principal Advisor (Health Sciences), Dr Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, who elaborated on the importance of forensic medicine in medical science.
Medical Superintendent of the hospital Pusparaj Samantasinghar spoke on the theme of the conference ‘Forensic Frontiers: Ensuring Maternal, Child and Transgender Health for Social Justice.’
