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Government evaluates nationwide delimitation plan, may retain Assembly–Lok Sabha seat ratiosThe government is gearing up for a comprehensive delimitation initiative across the country. One of the highlighted proposals focuses on pr...- India has 21 judges per million population: GovtBased on the population as per the Census 2011 which was 1210.19 million and as per available information regarding sanctioned strength of ...
- India has about 21 judges per million people"The judge to population ratio (judge per million population) with respect to sanctioned strength of judges is 21.03 as on December 31 2021...
- Judge-population ratio stood at 21.03 judges per million people in 2020: Law minister"Using the above criterion, the judge-population ratio works out to be 21.03 judges per million population for the year 2020," the minister...
- India has 19 judges per 10 lakh people: DataThe document states that while the subordinate courts have a shortage of 5748 judicial officers, the 24 high courts face 406 vacancies.
- India's judge-population ratio goes up marginallyBased on the 2011 census and sanctioned strength of judges of the Supreme Court, the 24 high courts and numerous subordinate courts, the ra...
- Judge shortage not the only reason for pending cases: Law ministryThe ministry's note comes months after Chief Justice of India T S Thakur lamented "inaction" by the Executive to increase the number of jud...
- India has just 18 judges per ten lakh peopleAccording to the data put out by the Law Ministry in public domain, the judge to population ratio in India stands at 17.86 judges per 10 la...
- Judges' vacancies not sole reason for pending casesThe study points out how states such as Tamil Nadu and Punjab ranked lower in terms of the number of pending cases despite of low judge-pop...
- Blaming government for judicial vacancies unfair: DV Sadananda GowdaUnion Law Minister Sadananda Gowda described the criticism heaped on the Modi govt for “inaction” in filling up judicial vacancies as “unfa...
- Rate of disposal key to clearing court backlog: GovernmentAccording to the government, the capital has 47 judges per million persons (almost touching United Kingdom at 51) and yet suffers from a hu...
- We require more than 70,000 judges to clear pending cases: CJI TS ThakurChief Justice of India TS Thakur today said access to justice was a fundamental right and governments cannot afford to deny it to the peopl...
- To reduce pendency, retired judges to be reappointedAll the CMs and the higher judiciary also agreed to increase the strength of subordinate judiciary by 10% every year till the judge-populat...
- India has 17 judges for a million people, 5,000 posts vacantThe current sanctioned strength of the subordinate judiciary is 20,214 judges while that of the 24 high courts is 1,056 and the pendency of...
- High Court judges get just 5-6 minutes to decide cases, says studyAccording to a study conducted by Daksh, a judge in a high court spends less than five minutes, on an average, hearing a case.
- 22 HC judges set to retire even as stalemate over NJAC stalls new appointmentsThe law ministry has drawn up a list of 22 additional judges of various high courts whose terms are coming to an end in the next two months.
- Over 2 crore cases pending in lower courts; 3,272 posts lying emptyOver two crore cases are pending in subordinate courts in the country which also face a shortage of over 3,000 judicial personnel, a Parlia...
- Only 13 judges for every ten lakh people in IndiaIndia has just 13 judges for every ten lakh people as against 35-40 in other developing nations and 50 in a developed country.
- Poke Me: Why our judges must be more efficientInstead of employing new judges, retired sessions judges & additional sessions judges be appointed as ad hoc judges for disposing of the pe...
- More judges needed, states should take initiative, Manmohan Singh saysTerming as "grossly inadequate" the current judge to population ratio, PM assured chief ministers of more central funds.
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