IDFC Institute Conversation hosted a private discussion with Justice Gautam S. Patel, sitting judge of the High Court of Bombay, and Dr. Harish Narasappa, founding partner of the law firm Samvad Partners and co-founder of DAKSH, for a discussion on "Understanding the State of the Indian Judiciary."

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DAKSH, the Bengaluru-based NGO, is a civil society organisation that undertakes research and activities to promote accountability and better governance in India, founded by citizens from varied backgrounds.

Bangalore-based Daksh has analysed data from courts to map the challenges facing the judiciary. The key finding, says its founder Harish Nara­sappa, is that there is a need to set up a separate administration for the judiciary to free up jud­ges’ time.

Bengaluru-based DAKSH's State of the Indian Judiciary report focuses on the inefficiencies in the judicial procedures.

The long pendency of cases and shortage of judges are frequently discussed crises of the Indian judiciary.

Inadequate data on pending cases and “lack of scientific maintenance” of data makes it difficult to analyse problems and propose sustainable solutions for the judiciary, a legal thinktank has said in its report.

Daksh, a Bengaluru-based research organization, decodes reasons behind falling judicial efficiency in a report titled 'State of Indian Judiciary'

India’s court system has become so troubling and clogged that the country’s chief justice almost broke down in front of prime minister Narendra Modi on April 24, with an appeal to resuscitate it.