THE WIDESPREAD support for the encounter killing of the four accused in the 2019 Hyderabad gang-rape and murder case is a symptom, albeit an extreme one, of the increasing trust deficit between the citizens and the justice system.

The recent cases of rape and sexual harassment have shocked the conscience of the country. And the cry to set up more fast-track courts that can swiftly deal with these cases has been growing.

The media has given extensive coverage to experimental research in social sciences in the recent months following the Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Economics prize to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer.

India's justice system has been affected by poor budgeting, the recently released India Justice Report has concluded.

Today, it can take nearly 20 years if a case goes all the way from the subordinate court to the high court and then the Supreme Court.

A recent study puts into perspective the amount of non-judicial duties that high court judges perform.

ಪ್ರತೀ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶರಿಗೂ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ, ಸರಾಸರಿ 12 ಜನ ಆಡಳಿತಾತ್ಮಕ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಇದ್ದೇ ಇರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಭಾಯಿಸಲು ಈ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ.

The chief justices-chief ministers’ conference is a rare forum where the executive and judiciary come together to talk about issues that matter to both.

The movie Article 15 had a rosy ending. It wraps up showing that the perpetrators who had committed the rape and murder of the girls belonging to a certain caste were quickly convicted by the court and sentenced to jail.

In a chapter dedicated to increasing the capacity of the district judiciary, the Economic Survey (2018-19) highlights that the district and subordinate courts account for 87.54% of the 35.3 million pending cases in the judiciary.

Fast-track courts are in the limelight yet again. Smriti Irani, Minister for Women and Child Development, informed the Rajya Sabha that the government has proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track courts to clear the cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Discussions around performance evaluation procedures for judges in India start with emphasising the need for judicial accountability, but suggestions for evaluation of the higher judiciary often get stonewalled against arguments on judicial independence.