Why India’s district courts are staring at massive pendency
WEB2 days ago · New Delhi: From unavailability of lawyers to cases being stayed, the latest National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) data, collated this year, reflects some of the key reasons for pendency in India’s subordinate courts. There are nearly 2 crore criminal and civil cases pending before the district judiciary, for which reasons for delay have been ...
India’s Court System Is Hopelessly Backed Up - The New York Times
WEBJan 13, 2024 · Hundreds of plaintiffs and defendants wandered aimlessly through the court complex’s crowded corridors, while lawyers holding papers under their arms took sips of hot milk and ginger tea.
Mumbai: In overcrowded courtroom, lawyers, mediapersons …
WEBOct 27, 2021 · Mumbai news: Mediapersons were allowed to re-enter the courtroom after the judge permitted the same. Justice Sambre resumed the session and began taking up matters serially. Lawyers standing outside the courtroom continued to make a commotion.
Need for a mechanism to tackle the issue of crowded and noisy ...
WEBJan 22, 2020 · Chief Justice of India SA Bobde today expressed the need to devise a mechanism to tackle the menace of overcrowding of courtrooms in the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court: Why India's powerful top court is in a 'crisis' - BBC
WEBJul 30, 2023 · Scholars have hailed India's Supreme Court as the most powerful in the world - and not without reason. The 73-year-old court can nullify executive acts, parliamentary laws and amendments to...
Supreme Court report shows shortage of 4,200 courtrooms ... - India …
WEBDec 20, 2023 · In a startling revelation, the Centre for Research and Planning of Supreme Court of India in its report highlighted as to how there is an acute shortage of 4,200 courtrooms for judges across the country and over 6,000 residential houses for judges.
Worked to the Bone, India’s Doctors Fear for Their Safety, Too
WEBSep 1, 2024 · Exhausted doctors resting in crowded on-call rooms with no locks, two to a single bed. Frustrated relatives of patients angrily challenging a physician’s diagnosis. Too few security guards to...
How to Start Resolving the Indian Judiciary’s Long-Running Case …
WEBSep 9, 2021 · To start overcoming its chronic case backlog, India’s judiciary needs to embrace a host of solutions including well-crafted administrative reforms. by Pratik Datta and Suyash Rai. Published on September 9, 2021. The year 2020 was challenging for most public institutions in India.
Justice In Circles - Supreme Court Observer
WEBJun 28, 2024 · The litigants who are seated at the rear end of a large, crowded courtroom are often not privy to conversations about their own cases. The Chief Justice’s courtroom is located beneath a large, dome-shaped ceiling, or rotunda, which brings us back to the geometric figure of the “circle”, a shape discussed by Haldar as important in legal ...
Supreme Court: Why India's powerful top court is in a 'crisis' - BBC
WEBJul 30, 2023 · Scholars have hailed India's Supreme Court as the most powerful in the world - and not without reason. The 73-year-old court can nullify executive acts, parliamentary laws and amendments to...
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