Judicial Backlog

Former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit on Monday said in recent times civil disputes are being given criminal colour and arrests are being made without a reason which burdens the judicial system. The ex-CJI was speaking at the Justice K T Desai Memorial Lecture on "Making Criminal Justice Effective" in the Bombay High Court. Also speaking at the event, Bombay HC Chief Justice Dipankar Datta said bail is the rule and jail is an exception and gave the example of the recent Supreme Court order allowing jailed activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to be placed under house arrest. Noting that the criminal justice system was the backbone of a civilised society, the HC chief justice said, "A motivated, biased or an indifferent judicial system would result in the denial of justice and unjustified arrest of innocent persons". He also spoke about several judgments passed by the apex court laying down guidelines for the police while making arrests in a

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With only 17 judges for every million citizens, India still faces a backlog of more than 30 crore cases across various courts