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Index

A

Access to Justice » 9, 56, 132, 184, 229

Additional Commissioner » 167

Adjudication Indicators » 230

Administration of Justice » 226

Administrators » 119

appointment of full-time » 119

Admission » 190

ADR methods » 127

Alternative Dispute Resolution » 127

Anticipatory bail » 191

Arbitrariness » 3

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 » 41

Arrears Committee » 44

Arrest » 70, 71

cognizable offence » 70

complaint » 70

rights of persons » 70

warrant by the police, without » 70

Arrest, power of » 70

Arun Jaitley » 126

Assessment of budget allocations » 228

Assistant Registrars » 118

Australia » 133

B

Bail » 72

Bail petitions » 118

Banaras Hindu University » 39

Barack Obama » 191

Bibliography of Books Read by Mahatma Gandhi » 81

Budgetary allocation heads » 230

Budget Estimation, Allocation and Monitoring System » 226

Budgeting practices » 226

India, in » 226

Budgeting techniques » 229

Budgets » 225

funds

allowances » 226

minimum operational costs » 226

salary » 226

judiciary, for » 225

funds » 226

outcome

performance indicators, and » 229

tool to achieve outcomes, as » 230

Bureaucracy » 164

Bureaucrats » 149

C

California court system » 177

California Judicial Branch » 173

California’s court system » 175

California’s Judiciary » 174

California’s trial courts » 173

Capital outlay on public works » 227

Case Clearance Rate » 112, 144

civil and criminal cases, in » 112

Judges’ Strength, and » 112

Case Flow Management in California

Annual Court Statistic Report » 182

California’s judiciary » 174

centralised case processing system » 179

Courts in the United States » 174

court workload » 180

judicial workload measurement » 176

Legislative Changes Affect Court Workload » 183

local » 179

statewide workload model, challenges of » 177, 178

trial court unification » 176

Workload Analysis, Recession and Impact on » 184

Central Board for Direct Taxes » 167

Central Bureau of Investigation » 190, 203

Central government » 74, 164

Central government revenues » 165

centralised case processing system » 179

central sector scheme » 231

Centre for Development, Planning and Research » 10

Charge sheet » 202

Cheating » 74, 127

Cheque bounce cases » 127, 129

criminalisation of » 127

Chief Judicial Magistrate » 139

Chief Justice » 117

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate » 139

Civil and Criminal Litigation in India » 113

case clearance rates in » 112

percentage of population involved in » 113

Civil litigation » 176, 191

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 » 70

Cognizable offences » 70, 127, 202

Commissioner » 167

Committee for Implementing Legal Aid Schemes » 57

Complaint » 128, 190

Complaint Case » 144

Constitutional Lists » 226

Constitutional Reform Act, 2005 » 119

Constitution of India » 127, 226

Contempt notice » 190

Corporate social responsibility » 7

Corruption » 206

Cottage-industry » 117

counterfeit notes » 127

Court » 121, 164, 190, 196

cases, and » 196

primary duty of » 137

Court Administrative staff » 231

Court clerks » 117

Court Statistics Report » 179

Court Workload » 183

legislative changes affect » 183

outcome’ of the justice system » 180

Crime in India Report » 68

Criminal appeals » 192

Criminal breach of trust » 127

Criminal case » 144

Criminal investigation » 201, 206

challenges » 201

role of police » 202

trials in India, and » 201

Criminal investigation department » 203

Criminal Justice System » 195, 201

burden of proof » 195

charge sheet » 195

complaint » 195

corruption » 206

existing measures » 198

first information report » 195

improving efficiency » 198

Indian » 195

investigation » 202

prior to » 202

judiciary » 201

judiciary, role of » 204

or an adversarial system of jurisprudence » 195

police » 195, 201

police, role of » 202

prosecution » 195, 201

prosecutor and » 196

reasonable doubt » 195

reforms in » 206

roman model of » 195

suggested reforms » 199

trial » 203

Criminal liability » 127

Criminal litigation » 191

Criminal matters » 176

Cross-examination » 134

Customer satisfaction indicators » 230

D

DAKSH database » 127, 166

DAKSH’s State of the Indian Judiciary Report » 189

Data » 91

Debt recovery tribunals » 150

Defence Counsel » 197

Democracy » 3, 6

Democratic society » 3

Department of Law and Justice » 226

Detention » 71

Developed economies » 230

budgetary allocations » 230

Dharmakshetra » 83

Digitisation » 228

Dishonour of cheques » 125, 127

Dispute Resolution in India » 9

data collection » 10

data elements » 11

findings » 11

challenges of dealing » 13

costs » 13

nature of disputes » 12

navigating justice » 11

religion » 14

judicial » 9

methodology » 9

monitoring » 11

non-judicial » 9

Dispute resolution mechanisms » 39

Dispute resolution process » 43

District Legal Services Authorities » 54

functions of » 54

Diversification » 149

Double jeopardy rule » 127

E

e-Courts » 229

budget for » 229

e-Courts Mission Mode Project Phase I » 231

‘e-Courts’ project » 228

e-Courts website » 91, 110, 119

Executive functions » 164

Experts » 229

F

Fali S. Nariman » 192

Family and juvenile law » 176

Fast track courts » 133

Financial services » 134

Forensic science laboratories » 121

Formal legal system » 53

France » 133, 134

Frivolous Litigation » 192

G

General Assembly » 225

Joint Session » 225

Geographic diversity » 177

Government » 164

Government Litigation » 163

definition of » 163

Government officers » 58

Governments of union territories » 164

Grants-in-aid to local bodies » 227

Gross domestic product » 226

Gujarat government » 169

Gujarat High Court » 167

Gujarat Value Added Tax Act (GVAT Act), 2003 » 167

Gujarat Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2006 » 167

Gujarat Value Added Tax Tribunal » 167

H

High Court judges » 118

High Court Legal Services Committee » 55

High Court tenure » 216

appointing authority, and » 218

High-density urban areas » 176

Higher judiciary » 117

Hong Kong » 60

Legal Aid Department » 60

nodal authority » 60

Legal Aid Services Council » 60

consists of » 60

Human resource management » 118

I

Incarceration » 68

Income tax » 165

Income Tax Act, 1961 » 167

Income tax appeals » 169

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal » 167

Indian judicial system » 149

diversification » 149

Indian Parliament » 126

Information and communication technology » 121

Information technology processes » 118

Injunction suit » 191

Integrated knowledge management information system » 121

Intellectual Property Appellate Board » 150

Interlocutory matters » 192

International conspiracy » 191

Investigating officer » 202

Investigation » 190

J

Jagannadha Rao Committee » 142

Jails » 121

Joint Registrars » 118

Judges » 197

duty of » 197

Judicial Administration » 173, 184

Case Flow Management in California, and » 173

judicial budgets » 230

allocation and management of » 230

Judicial Council of California » 173

Judicial delays

India, in

deconstructing, problem

analysis » 92

judicial officers » 55

Legal Services Institutions » 55

Judicial reform process » 228

Judicial Statistics Bill, 2004 » 192

Judicial system » 118, 163

maximising judicial time » 119

Judicial Tenure » 209

Judicial workload measurement » 176

Judiciary » 68, 164

adjournments » 121

administrative functions of » 118

budgeting for » 225

e-courts project » 121

efficiency » 205

functioning of » 121

guardian of justice » 57

higher » 117

investigation » 205

judicial supervision » 206

office of the Chief Justice » 117

role of » 204

subordinate » 117

to reform » 118

Justice, Access, and the Nation’s Approaches » 39

Justice delayed, justice denied » 137

Justice hurried, justice buried » 137

Justice N.H. Bhagwati Committee » 57

Justice System Partners » 180

role of » 180

K

Karnataka Appellate Tribunal » 121, 149

appeal » 150

grounds for » 157, 158

provisions used for » 158

appeal rate » 157

Bengaluru » 150

comprised of » 150

efficacy at » 156

efficiency at » 151

official website » 151

outcomes » 159

purpose » 151

reversal rate » 159

Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (KAT) Act, 1976 » 150

provisions of » 156

Karnataka government » 169

Karnataka state legal services authority » 55

Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 » 167

Karnataka Value Added Tax Tribunal » 167

L

Law Commission of India » 127, 129, 133

14th Report » 56

Law Ministry Consultation » 225

Lax arrest laws » 70

Legal aid

free » 53

refers » 53

Legal aid camps » 54

Legal aid models » 59

comparison with » 59

Legal Aid Department38 (LAD)of Hong Kong » 60

legal aid in New South Wales » 60

Legal Aid Ontario » 61

Legal Aid South Africa » 62

legal aid system in Scotland » 61

Legal aid programs » 54

Legal aid system » 53

office-bearers in » 56

Legal practitioners » 62

Legal process

internalising » 121

hearings » 121

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 » 54, 127

Legal Services Institutions » 56

functions of judicial officers » 55

Right to Information applications » 55

Legislature » 68

Liberal democratic society » 3

Loans and advances » 227

Local government » 176

Local self-government bodies » 164

Lok Adalats » 127

Lord Macaulay » 192

Los Angeles County » 176

LSA Act » 58

subordinate judicial officers » 58

subordinate judiciary » 58

M

Magistrate » 71

Magistrate’s courts » 137, 197

case clearance rate » 144

distribution of cases » 140

methodology » 138

structure of » 139

suggesting reforms » 146

working of, India » 137

workload » 140

Mahatma Gandhi » 79, 80

autobiography » 80

barrister » 80

believed in natural law » 80

Champaran » 85

coolie barrister’s’ experiences » 83

freedom movement in India » 80

historical actions » 84

idea of justice

arise, to » 79

different and unique » 80

reasoning on » 80

inspired by the ideals of truth » 80

jurisconscience » 79

movements for Indian citizens’ rights » 80

practice in South Africa » 80

Sabarmati » 86

satyagraha » 85

thoughts on legal justice » 82

Malimath Committee » 44, 204

recommendations » 204

Malimath Committee Report » 142

Mandamus » 191

Mediated settlement agreement » 47

Mediation

in Indian practice » 46

Court-annexed » 46

ENSURING A DIFFERENT FUTURE » 48

Private » 47

legal developments affecting, in India » 44

Mediation and Conciliation Centre » 191

Mediation Gap » 43

Mediator » 44, 202

Metropolitan Magistrate Court » 144

Michael L. Bender » 225

Microphones » 191

Ministry of Defence » 165

Ministry of Law and Justice » 231

Missouri judiciary » 230

M.N. Venkatachaliah » 189

Moksha » 83

Mumukshu » 83

Municipalities » 164

Muslims » 75

Scheduled Castes » 75

Scheduled Tribes » 75

National and Policy Action Plan » 121

National Center for State Courts » 177

National Court Management System » 226

National Crime Records Bureau » 68

National Judicial Data Grid » 112, 138

National Judicial Data Grid website » 138

National Legal Services Authority » 54, 74

nodal authority » 54

Natural law » 80

Negotiable instrument » 126

Section 138, key elements of » 126

what is » 126

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

history of » 127

New South Wales » 60

Legal Aid Commission

responsible for » 60

legal aid in » 60

N.H. Bhagwati » 56

Non-bailable offences » 127

Non-cognisable cases » 202

Non-cognisable offences » 202

Non-governmental organisations » 57

Non-judicial institutions » 39

Nyaya Peetha » 40

Ontario » 61

Legal Aid Ontario » 61

board of » 61

consist of » 61

Legal Aid Services Act, 1998 » 61

Outcome-based budgeting » 229

Outlay-Output-Outcome framework » 231

Panchayats » 164

Parent high court » 212

Supreme Court, in » 220

representation of » 220

Parkinson’s Third Law » 189

Parliament » 70

Penal Code, 1860 » 127

Pendency, average

calculation of » 110

civil and criminal cases in subordinate courts, of » 110

civil and criminal cases in Subordinate Courts, of » 98

civil, criminal, and writ cases in High Courts, of » 97, 110

disposal in subordinate courts, and » 101, 111

disposal of execution cases, and » 113

High Courts, in » 110

subordinate courts, in » 110

P

Pendency In India » 94

Pendency of appeals » 170

Pending Cases » 93

High Courts, in » 99

Subordinate Courts, in » 100

Police » 196

challenges faced by » 203

custodial interrogation » 203

lack of trust » 203

securing evidence » 204

role of » 202

Police force » 201

Police officers » 202

Political executive » 164

Principles of natural justice » 150

Private mediation institutions » 48

Probate » 176

Proposition 47 » 183

Prosecution » 121

Prosecutor » 195

and the criminal justice system » 196

challenges for » 197

court and » 196

duties » 196

primary duty of » 196

role of » 195

views on the Criminal Justice System » 195

Public interest » 164

Punishment » 70

Q

Quasi-judicial bodies » 226

Quasi-judicial institutions » 149

R

Rajya Sabha » 192

Rate of arrest » 71

Rationalising court budgets » 231

Registrar General » 118

Registrars » 117, 118

Retired judges » 149

Revision petitions » 192

Right of revision » 167

Rule of law » 164

S

Saddharma Nyaya Peetha » 39

authorities » 41

courts » 41

disputes » 40

enforceability » 41

functioning of » 40

institution » 40

justice » 42

parties » 40

resolution » 40

Sadhana » 83

Sales tax » 166

Schemes » 231

Scotland » 61

Legal Aid (Scotland) Act, 1986 » 61

legal aid system » 61

Scottish Legal Aid Board » 61

Second appeal » 167

Secretariat general services » 227

Senior administrative personnel » 117

Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji » 39

Singapore » 133

Social justice litigation » 54

Social welfare project » 57

Social workers » 149

Social workers, and members of civil society » 149

South Africa » 62

Legal Aid South Africa » 62

Legal Aid South Africa Act, 2014 » 62

Speedy trial » 69, 132

access to justice, and » 132

Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath » 39

role of » 39

Stakeholders » 230

State government » 74, 164

State Legal Services Authority » 54, 74

State of the Indian Judiciary: A Report by DAKSH » 110

Stringent bail laws » 70

Subordinate Courts » 117, 128, 231

agenda for change » 8

average pendency » 110, 111

civil and criminal cases, of » 110

delay and pendency in » 117

disposal in » 111

flow management rules » 119

functioning of » 119

judicial workload of

category of » 111

stage-wise distribution of hearings in cases in » 111

Subordinate judicial officers » 58

Subordinate judiciary » 55, 58, 117

Judges in » 121

Summary Cases » 144

Summons » 134

Supreme Court Bar Association » 57

Supreme Court Judges » 209, 216

Supreme Court Legal Services Committee » 55

functions » 54

functions of » 55

Supreme Court of India » 212, 226

Supreme Court Tenure » 212, 214

appointing authority, and » 214

longest and shortest » 216

T

Taluk Legal Services Committees » 55

functions of » 55

Tax Appeals » 163

Tax department » 165

Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal » 150

Theft » 71, 74

Transvaal Government Gazette » 85

Trevor Harries Committee » 57

Trial Court Delay Reduction Act, 1986 » 179

Trial Court Funding Act, 1997 » 176

Tribunalisation » 149

Tribunals » 149

pendency, and » 149

U

Undertrial incarceration » 68

Undertrial prisoners » 75, 118

demographic composition » 75

Undertrials in India » 67

Unification » 176

effects of trial court » 176

Union Budget of 2017–2018 » 231

United Kingdom » 119, 133

United States » 133, 174

courts, in » 174

United States of America » 225

judicial systems » 174

federal judiciary » 174

State judiciary » 174

Untraceable and untaxable money » 127

V

Vacancies » 229

Value added tax » 166

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy » 150, 165

V.R. Krishna Iyer » 191

W

Witnesses » 196

Workload Analysis

recession and impact on » 184

Workload-based funding model » 184

Workload of Subordinate Courts » 100

World Bank report » 228

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