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
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 revenues » 165
centralised case processing system » 179
central sector scheme » 231
Centre for Development, Planning and Research » 10
Charge sheet » 202
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
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 » 70
Cognizable offences » 70, 127, 202
Commissioner » 167
Committee for Implementing Legal Aid Schemes » 57
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
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, role of » 202
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’s State of the Indian Judiciary Report » 189
Data » 91
Debt recovery tribunals » 150
Defence Counsel » 197
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
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
maximising judicial time » 119
Judicial Tenure » 209
Judicial workload measurement » 176
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
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
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
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
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
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
access to justice, and » 132
Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath » 39
role of » 39
Stakeholders » 230
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
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
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
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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