Access to Justice: a Fundamental Right
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Anita Khushwa v. Pushpa Sadan (judgment delivered on July 19, 2016) has not only affirmed earlier declarations that ‘access to justice’ is a fundamental right under Article 21, but has made an effort to identify the various components of access to justice.
The Portrait of the Indian Litigant
If there were only a 100 litigants in India, 84 of them would be men, and 15 women. Only 1 transgender citizen is found litigating. 80 Hindus, 10 Muslims, 5 Christians, and 5 from other religions.
Re-imagining Access to Justice
The Access to Justice Survey Conference took place in India International Centre, New Delhi, on 23 April 2016. The conference was organised by DAKSH in collaboration with Centre for Constitutional Law, Policy and Governance at National Law University, Delhi.
The Long, Expensive Road to Justice
A survey by research agency Daksh, made available exclusively to India Today, exposes the reasons for the unconscionable delays in the delivery of justice in India, the unserviceable workload, the harassment of litigants and chronic administrative neglect.
Lost Wages, Legal Fees Cost Litigants Over Rs 80,000 Crore a Year, Finds Study
New Delhi: A nationwide survey conducted in 300 courtsNew Delhi: A nationwide survey conducted in 300 courts across 24 states interviewing 9,000 itigants has thrown up some startling results.
You’ve Got Five Minutes. Go!
Work pressure – it’s a much bandied about phrase. While often associated with long hours and the compulsion to deliver difficult pieces of work in impossibly short timespans, the specifics of work pressure vary vastly from profession to profession.
The Curious Case of ‘Case Management’
Recently there were reports of the announcement of a joint conference of the chief ministers and the chief justices of the various High Courts called by the Chief Justice of India.
What Makes Special Leave Petitions ‘Special’?
On March 19 2010, a division bench of the Supreme Court of India (SC) in Mathai @ Joby v George ((2010) 4 SCC 358) had referred the matter to a constitution bench to determine the kind of cases in which special leave to appeal could be granted under Article 136 of the Constitution.
What Are the Courts Working On?
It is a well-known fact that there are an enormous number of cases that have been filed before the Indian courts. It is an equally well-known fact that many of these cases have been pending before the said courts for several years.
Favourites of 2015 From the Daksh Blog Archives
Salman and Speed by Harish Narasappa discusses the issue of chronic pendency in the Bombay High Court which is in contrast to Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s speedy HC appeals process which concluded on 10 December 2015.
