In times of adversity, the judiciary has adopted long-pending technological solutions. They shouldn’t be abandoned after the pandemic has passed.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed all district courts in the country to switch to video proceedings and authorised presiding officers to adjourn the proceedings if measures to control crowding in court rooms fail.

In the light of the pandemic-induced lockdown, the Supreme Court recently announced hearings would now take place in urgent matters through video conferencing.

Karnataka's justice delivery system ranks sixth in overall justice delivery among 18 large and mid-sized states in India that house more than three crore population.

UTTAR Pradesh has fared the worst in delivering justice to its people followed by Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand, according to the Tata Trust’s India Justice Report 2019 which has examined the standards for delivering justice that was promised and provided by the states and union territories.

The India Justice Report (2019) puts together quantitative assessments of the four pillars of the justice system — namely, police, judiciary, prisons, and legal aid — using only government data.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra emerged as the best state for justice delivery in the first such rankings but could not score even 60% in performance in police, prison, judiciary and legal aid — the four pillars of justice.

Maharashtra is followed by Kerala and Tamil Nadu, while among the small states Goa topped the list followed by Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh.

The findings of the report also revealed that only six per cent of women among all police personnel in India are at the officer level.

Maharashtra is the top state in delivering justice to its citizens followed by Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Haryana in the first ever ranking of states on their capacity to deliver justice to citizens.