HUGE NUMBER OF CASES PENDING IN INDIAN COURTS


        Supreme Court of India 
(Image courtesy, The Times of India)

According to a written reply submitted in the Rajya sabha few months back by the Law Minister Sri Arjun Ram Meghwal, 5.02 crores cases are pending in various courts across India. Out of these cases, over 1,69,000 are pending in different Districts and High Courts for over 30 years. As on 2022 December about 85% of these cases are pending in District Courts. Surprisingly the government itself is the biggest litigant having 50% of these cases are sponsored by the state. And most interestingly India has the largest number of court cases pending in the world. As per strategy paper of the Niti Aayog submitted in 2018, it would take about 324 years to clear the backlog at the prevailing rate of disposal. Hence in most such cases the victim and the accused pass away without knowing the justice by themselves.

As on 2022 the sanctioned strength of judges in India was 21.03 judges per million population. According to available information the sanctioned strength of judges in  Supreme Court was 34, the High Courts were 1,103 and the District Courts were 24,631. The pendency of cases in large numbers and for over a long time shows the inadequacy of judges in our country. The number of judges per million population are much higher in Europe and USA comparing to ours. Since delaying justice pulls out the charm of life of a honest one, it should be the top most priority to provide justice in time for all citizens of the country. No amount of reasons can make good for the delayed justice. Adjournment of cases in courts too should be strictly restricted by law.

It is proposed, therefore, that the Government of India may appoint an independent commission to conduct a detailed survey and submit a report clearly indicating the present number of judges required in District Courts, High Courts and Supreme Court. Additional requirements of staff may also be indicated category wise. In the case of court buildings are to be extended and furniture to be added the same may also be indicated in detail. Further to these, it is proposed to have a few number of Special Courts to deal with POCSO cases and cases related with sexual assault on women, in every state. The judiciary itself may take up this issue with the government for a speedy process of this matter and successful execution well in time.

K V George 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

POVERTY LEVEL OF INDIA - A COMPARISON BETWEEN INDIAN REPORT AND UNDP REPORT

Image
According to the estimate of Ojha 190 million (44%) people of India were below poverty line in 1961. While the extreme poverty line in our country went from 60% in 1981 to 33% in 2010. People below poverty line in India in 1999-2000 came to 26%. Poverty line recorded in India in 2021 was 11.9%. India's poverty line declined to 4.5%-5% in 2022-23 with rural poverty declining to 7.2% and urban poverty down to 4.6%. By 2024 the poverty level is found to have come down to 2.4%. (The above informations are gathered from various websources. In case the readers want total accuracy in the above reports, they are requested to approach the related government sources) Further to the above information, here it is submitted - National Multidimensional Poverty Index, A Progress Review 2023 of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) According to the report, 135 million people escaped multidimensional poverty between 2015-16.and 2019-2021  The country registered a significant decli
Read more

ESTIMATED PRICES OF SELECTED ITEMS IN THE YEAR 2100

Image
While  evaluating the prices of some selected goods and services in 1950-60s and 2020s we may assume the prices of those in the year 2100 Rice per kg 1950-60s - 6 Annas 2020-22 - Rs 40/- 2100 - Rs 4,000/- Tea per cup 1950-60s - 1 Anna 2020-22 - Rs 10/- 2100 - Rs 1,600/- Non veg meals 1950-60s - 8 Anna's 2020-22 - Rs 150/- 2100 - Rs 45,000/- Sardine fish per 100 nos (approx. 3 kgs) 1950-60s - 1 Anna 2020-22 - Rs 100/- per kg 2100 - Rs 33,000/- per kg. Hair cut 1950-60s - 6 Annas 2020-22 - Rs 120/- 2100 - Rs 40,000/- Beer per bottle (650ml) 1950-60 - Rs 5/- 2020-22 - Rs 140/- 2100 - Rs 3,900/- Bus minimum charge 1950-60s - 1 Anna 2020-22 - Rs 10/- 2100 - Rs 1,700/- Minimum wages for unskilled worker per day 1950-60s - Re 1/- 2020-22 - Rs 800/- 2100 - Rs 6,40,000/- Note: The prices of 1950-60s and 2020-22 are from available sources and the prices indicated in 2100 are on the basis of assumption, no reliability may be expected. K V George
Read more

ENVIABLE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

Image
       Daily sight of Ganga in Banaras  When  compare ourselves with other countries, we Indians become envied to some of those. For us those countries are just imaginary or Heavenly countries. We may first see some with lowest murder cases among the world countries. (The figures shown below are number of murders per lakh of population. Monaco - 0, Palau - 0, Hong Kong - 0.2, Iceland - 0.3, Singapore - 0.3, Japan 0.4, Brunei - 0.5, Luxembourg - 0.6, Baharain - 0.6, Norway - 0.6 The rate in India in comparison is, 3.08 per lakh of population or 82 per day. The following eight countries have made historic changes in their laws that discriminated, marginalized and silenced women. They have brought in new laws to ensure stringent punishment for those committing any offences against women, girls and infants. Various safety and protective measures including socioeconomic upliftment are also introduced by many of these countries. Those eight countries are: Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia, Jor
Read more