A Case to Revisit India’s Land Laws
As many as two-thirds of civil cases in district courts relate to land and property matters, shows a survey of Indian litigants released last week by Daksh, a Bangalore-based civil society organisation.
Legal System Too Expensive for Most: Study
Most of the litigants in the country earn less than Rs. 3 lakh a year, says a new survey by the Bengaluru-based civil society organisation DAKSH.
Survey Reveals Litigants in India Lose Rs50,000 Crore Annually
New Delhi: Nearly 62% of 9,329 litigants surveyed believed that a judge did not pass an order quickly in their case, according to a study.
High Court Judges Get Just 5-6 Minutes to Decide Cases, Says Study
NEW DELHI: Mounting cases and shortage of judges are well-documented challenges facing the Indian judiciary.
ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನ
ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ನ್ಯಾಯಮೂರ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ನೇಮಕ ಮಾಡುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಎನ್ಡಿಎ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಜಾರಿಗೆ ತಂದಿದ್ದ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗ ನೇಮಕಾತಿ ಆಯೋಗ (ಎನ್ಜೆಎಸಿ) ಕಾಯ್ದೆಯನ್ನು ಅಸಾಂವಿಧಾನಿಕವೆಂದು ಕೆಲವು ತಿಂಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆಯಷ್ಟೇ ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಚ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯವು ಘೋಷಿಸಿತು.
Database on Pendency, Backlogs in High Courts
While the average pendency of a case before a High Court in the country is 1,098 days — three years — it is marginally lower in the Karnataka High Court with an average pendency of 1,039 days.
16 Lakh Cases Pending in 18 High Courts
BENGALURU: There were 16,01,760 cases pending before 18 ofthe 24 high courts in the country, according to data portal (www.dakshlegal.in), established by DAKSH, a civil society .
The Court Is Still in Session
Judicial delay must be discussed in the public sphere and not just as an internal, administrative matter to get a methodical solution.
Pile-ups at High Courts
That India’s courts are clogged with long-pending cases is well-known, but the texture of the problem is something we’ve known little about so far.
New Database of High Courts Unearths a 57-year-Old Case
Nearly a quarter of the cases pending in High Courts are still at the admission stage; in the Karnataka High Court alone, a Company Petition has been awaiting admission since 1985.