Should it really take 20 years for a case to be decided? That is the question I am left pondering over after witnessing the entire episode on Salman Khan’s conviction.

In addition to using a more scientific and data-oriented method to calculate the number of judges needed in a court, the appointment process for the judiciary also needs to be made simpler.

I recall a saying “some stories stay with us forever”. This proved to be true when I met one of the officials of a subordinate court in Bengal. The story he narrated shocked me. He told me about a case filed in the nearby district, where the court was functioning out of a leased property.