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.

The Supreme Court of India recently released its Annual Report for the year 2017-18. For those interested in judicial statistics for the High Courts, this is considered to be one of the few sources where one can find information regarding the nature of cases instituted, disposed, and pending in all the High Courts.

The recent Supreme Court judgment in Caretel Infotec. Vs. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (Civil Appeal No. 3588 OF 2019) highlighted the problem of excessive litigation challenging public sector tenders.

An overwhelming number of judicial positions in subordinate court are vacant and the Supreme Court is pressuring state authorities and the High Courts to fill these vacancies. The Court has sought their opinion on establishing a central selection system for appointing district judges.

A recent news report indicated that the NITI Aayog is working on a proposal to introduce performance reviews for judges across the country.

Imagine a scenario where a judge is armed with advanced analytics and artificial intelligence tools to handle each case on his/her docket.

The report suggests boosting the current strength of judges from 143 to 186 to clear all the pending cases in one year