Caught in a Bureaucratic Web
The Gauhati High Court declared Sahijuddin a foreigner on November 13, 2015. He had appealed to the High Court against an ex-parte order of the Foreigners Tribunal in Kokrajhar declaring him a foreigner.
Mountain of Pendency
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.
To Deter Rapes, Cases of Heinous Nature Should Be Expedited All the Way Through Different Levels of the Judiciary
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.
Testing Judicial Reforms
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 Spends Only 0.08% of GDP on Judiciary, Crippling Reforms
India's justice system has been affected by poor budgeting, the recently released India Justice Report has concluded.
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
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.
Judges in India’s High Courts Waste Precious Time Heading Committees on Furnishings, Cars
A recent study puts into perspective the amount of non-judicial duties that high court judges perform.
ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗದ ನೇಮಕಾತಿ: ಬೇಕಿದೆ ಸುಧಾರಣೆ
ಪ್ರತೀ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶರಿಗೂ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ, ಸರಾಸರಿ 12 ಜನ ಆಡಳಿತಾತ್ಮಕ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಇದ್ದೇ ಇರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಭಾಯಿಸಲು ಈ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ.
Court Vacancies, Reforms: What Chief Ministers & Judges Must Tackle When They Meet This Week
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.
Important Lessons to Be Learnt: How the Kathua Rape Case Proceeded Very Differently From the Unnao Rape Case
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.
