India cannot aspire to be a global power while justice moves at the pace of generations.
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India cannot aspire to be a global power while justice moves at the pace of generations.
Full article 👇
https://t.co/HmStzYFrHt
What do you think: is this fixable within the current system? #JudicialReform#India#LegalReform
What would actually fix this?
• Binding timelines for trials
• Fill 5,000+ vacant judge posts NOW
• Fast-track courts for undertrials
• Expand Lok Adalats and mediation
• Digitise case management end to end
What would actually fix this?
• Binding timelines for trials
• Fill 5,000+ vacant judge posts NOW
• Fast-track courts for undertrials
• Expand Lok Adalats and mediation
• Digitise case management end to end
The human cost isn't abstract: → Families trapped in divorce limbo for years → Crime victims who die before verdict → Property disputes that outlive the people who filed them "Children born when some cases were filed now have children of their own."
The human cost isn't abstract: → Families trapped in divorce limbo for years → Crime victims who die before verdict → Property disputes that outlive the people who filed them "Children born when some cases were filed now have children of their own."
India has ~21 judges per 10 lakh people. The US has 107. The UK has 51. We are trying to run a 1.4 billion-person democracy on a judiciary built for a fraction of that.
India has ~21 judges per 10 lakh people. The US has 107. The UK has 51. We are trying to run a 1.4 billion-person democracy on a judiciary built for a fraction of that.
India has 5.5 crore pending court cases. Some have been running for 30 years. This isn't delay. It is a slow theft of human life.
76% of India's prison population are undertrials people who haven't been convicted of anything. They're waiting. Some for years. Some for decades.
India has 5.5 crore pending court cases. Some have been running for 30 years. This isn't delay. It is a slow theft of human life.
76% of India's prison population are undertrials people who haven't been convicted of anything. They're waiting. Some for years. Some for decades.