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SUBORDINATE JUDICIARY DELAYS
Allahabad HC judge flags issues with full court meetings, says last 2 seemed 'stage-managed'Justice Vinod Diwakar has raised concerns regarding the insufficient frequency and quality of full court meetings. He noted that only 16 me...- Court, heal thyself before crying foulIn a striking legal tug-of-war, the Allahabad High Court is standing firm on its right to establish service rules for the lower judiciary, ...
- Cases pending in courts cross 5-crore mark: Govt in Rajya SabhaOver 5.02 crore cases are pending in various courts across India, according to Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. In a written statement to th...
- Budget 2019: Reforms in lower judiciary can further improve India's ease of doing business, says Economic Survey"Delays in contract enforcement and disposal resolution are arguably now the single biggest hurdle to the ease of doing business in India a...
- “Judges say HC stay, absconding accused reasons behind cases pending for decades”Of the nearly 25,000 cases for which the judges have so far provided reasons, “accused absconding” has been cited as the chief reasons for ...
- 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.
- Lower courts short of 5k judges as no suitable candidatesThere are only 17,576 court rooms/court halls and only 14,363 residential units available for district and subordinate courts in the countr...
- NITI Aayog for a 'judicial performance index' to check pendencyNiti Aayog has suggested shifting some workload out of the regular court system and introduction of an administrative cadre in the judicial...
- Centralised appointment for lower judiciary: Supreme Court defers hearingDwivedi said that there were various constitution bench judgements interpreting the Constitution and hence the matter should be heard by a ...
- All-India common test for lower judiciary need of the hour, says Supreme CourtThe total sanctioned strength of judicial officers in district and subordinate courts is 21,320 as on June 30, 2016, of these, 16,383 have ...
- Government proposes NEET-like exam to recruit judges in subordinate courtsThe proposal comes close on the heels of several states, including some ruled by the BJP, opposing the formation of an all-India judicial s...
- Govt committed to complete independence of judiciary: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad exhorted those involved in the legal profession to help the govt in achieving its objectives by devoting their time and energy.
- Hidden factors that slow our courts and delay justiceAs of September 30, 2016, SC has nearly 61,000 pending cases, HC hhave a backlog of more than 40 lakh cases, and all subordinate courts tog...
- Supreme Court panel rejects audio-video recording of trialsThe e-committee of the SC has rejected the govt proposal to initiate audio-video recording of all court proceedings, suggested to begin wit...
- Recruit judges to tackle pendency: Government to High Court chief justicessExpressing the government's concern, Prasad said at present there are 22.5% of judges' positions are vacant in subordinate judiciary.
- Prepare roadmap for fast track justice delivery system: SC to CentreA bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha granted the government three months time to prepare a blue-print for fast tracking of cases.
- President proposes multi-pronged strategy to clear pending court casesAccording to statistics, a total of over three crore cases are pending in subordinate courts as well as 24 High Courts and Supreme Court.
- Courts, to be insulated from corruption, need a LokpalThe truth is that in its rightful pursuit of judicial independence, the judiciary has largely escaped any investigation into its own functi...
- 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.
- Wake-up callThere is no justification for backlog in courts.
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