Testing Judicial Reforms
The media has given extensive coverage to experimental research in social sciences in the recent months following the Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Economics prize to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer.
India Spends Only 0.08% of GDP on Judiciary, Crippling Reforms
India's justice system has been affected by poor budgeting, the recently released India Justice Report has concluded.
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
Today, it can take nearly 20 years if a case goes all the way from the subordinate court to the high court and then the Supreme Court.
Judges in India’s High Courts Waste Precious Time Heading Committees on Furnishings, Cars
A recent study puts into perspective the amount of non-judicial duties that high court judges perform.
ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗದ ನೇಮಕಾತಿ: ಬೇಕಿದೆ ಸುಧಾರಣೆ
ಪ್ರತೀ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶರಿಗೂ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ, ಸರಾಸರಿ 12 ಜನ ಆಡಳಿತಾತ್ಮಕ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಇದ್ದೇ ಇರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಭಾಯಿಸಲು ಈ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ.
Court Vacancies, Reforms: What Chief Ministers & Judges Must Tackle When They Meet This Week
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.
Important Lessons to Be Learnt: How the Kathua Rape Case Proceeded Very Differently From the Unnao Rape Case
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.
Enabling Judicial Support Staff Key to Speed Up Justice
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.
The Hard Realities of India’s Fast Track Courts
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.
From No Evaluation to Self-Evaluation: What Justice Swaminathan’s Performance Card Should Mean for Judicial Performance Evaluation in India
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.
