Parthasarathi Loganathan
07 March 2010 at 14:13
I quote a newspaper report published today:
Backlog will take 320 yrs to clear: Judge
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Hyderabad: It will take the Indian judiciary 320 years to clear the backlog of cases. This staggering admission came on Saturday from someone who knows very well the way courts work — Justice VVS Rao of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
That’s the time it’ll take to clear 31.28 million cases pending in the various courts, including the High Courts, he reckoned. “If one considers the total pendency of cases in the Indian judicial system, every judge in the country will have an average load of about 2,147 cases,” Justice Rao said in a speech at the AP Administrative Tribunal.
India has 14,576 judges as against the sanctioned strength of 17,641, including 630 HC judges. This works out to a ratio of 10.5 judges per million population, Justice Rao said. The Supreme Court in 2002 had suggested 50 judges per million population, he said.
If the norm of 50 judicial officers per million becomes a reality by 2030 when the country’s population would be 1.5 to 1.7 billion, the number of judges would go up to 1.25 lakh, dealing with 300 million cases. Increasing literacy rate results in more new cases: AP judge
Hyderabad: Justice VVS Rao of the Andhra Pradesh HC has come out with a startling assessment that it will take the courts in India 320 years to clear the backlog of cases. Addressing the AP Administrative Tribunal, he said a recent study indicated that the number of new cases had a direct relationship with increasing literacy rate and awareness.
Citing the example of Kerala, which had high literacy, Justice Rao said 28 new cases per 1,000 population per annum had been added, whereas in Bihar, which had a relatively low literacy rate, the figure stood at just three, he said.
Justice Rao summed up the Indian situation by quoting a para from the journal of International Law and Politics, which said: “The typical life span of a civil litigation in India presents a sad picture. Records of new filings are kept by hand and documents filed in courthouse are frequently misplaced or lost among other papers. Lawyers crowd the court room and wait for their cases to be called. Even when called, the judicial attention is frequently deferred by innumerable adjournments.”
It also said: “There is a little likelihood that the judge (who hears a case) will be the same one to issue a decision because the judges are transferred more quickly than the legal dispositions are made. Judges are so under paid and overworked that they often adjourn and delay the preparation of a case.”
Can the experts join this debate to seek solutions for this burning issue?
Anonymous
07 March 2010 at 11:49
Que.1.The way one take the Help of Second Doctor if some one suspect the First Doctors Line of Treatment, Similarly Can Some one Hire Two Lawyers for the Same Case from the beginning itself to avoid any foul play if they can afford?
Sanchita
06 March 2010 at 17:44
Q. Is the following direction retrospectively applicable in cases which are going on against doctor/ hospital for last so many years and pending final hearing for 2 to 3 years?
In the light of the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgment dated 17-2-2009 reported in AIRSC 2009 page 2049 Vol. 8 in Civil Appeal No. 3541 of 2002 in which, it has been held, that whenever a complaint is received against a doctor or hospital by the Consumer Forum or by the Criminal Court then before issuing notice to the doctor or hospital against whom the complaint was made. The Consumer Forum or the Criminal Court should first refer the matter to a competent doctor or committee of doctors specialized in the field relating to which the medical negligence is attributed and only after that doctor or committee reports, that there is a prima facie case of medical negligence should NOTICE be issued to the concerned doctor/ hospital.
Anonymous
06 March 2010 at 16:39
Que.1.Please Explain Difference between Civil Prison and Criminal Prison?
Anonymous
05 March 2010 at 22:40
Respected Experts,
I had purchased one microtek inverter from Patna, some 5 yrs back by paying Rs. 3600/. The wave form on that it works is “tpzi”. At that time they convinced that it is a latest technology, which gives far more battery backup and only Microtek is having this technology, it is best in this class of Inverters. Contrary to that most of the electrical appliances works on “sine wave”. I started using it, within a month, tube light set with choke got fused. Other appliances like fan etc. were making noise. So, I packed the Inverter. After some time I asked to other Microtek dealer about this problem. He said to me that the wave form “tpzi” that your inverter is based on is not good for electrical appliances having windings, only “CFL” can be used and now company has stopped producing/manufacturing it and now only pure sine wave inverter are being produced/manufactured. Now some months back I wanted to clarify this from the company by sending mail, also whether it can be converted to sine wave or not. They replied diplomatically that “It cannot be converted to “sine wave”. But they are silent on its’ harmful effects on electrical appliances having windings. Now I am not using that inverter due to fear. What should I do? Plz. Suggest. My thanks to all.
Anonymous
05 March 2010 at 15:37
wht is the benefit for a law graduate in company secretary course and also tell the procedure of company
secretary course
Gundlapallis
04 March 2010 at 23:52
In India, is there any prohibition or approval for a lawyer to record the voice and video of the client while in his chamber narrating the case brief?
Dear ld., friends, i posted this in Gen discussion forum but looks like it did not get its due attention from the ld. So i am here.
vinod bansal
04 March 2010 at 22:44
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I want to know whether there is any provision of filling of caveat before state consumer commission,in fact i had filed a complaint before distt consumer forum regarding electricity theft case ,which was allowed,now i am in apprehension of appeal by bijli board against this order.- Kindly help.Regards
Vinod Bansal Advocate Jind
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I have to know the age of the son of the vendor at the time of registry of the land. He is educated up to 9Th std. His school is having the details of his admission in the admission register. But they (School administration) are not showing it to me. Can I ask this information from the school under RTI act 2005? What should I do? Plz. Suggest. My thanks to all.