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Justice delayed

India Justice Report points to low priority in state spending

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The India Justice Report (IJR), 2022, published under the aegis of Tata Trusts in collaboration with a group of sectoral experts, has underlined what every Indian has known for decades: That the justice system does not have the capacity to deliver for the average Indian, even less so for the poor or middle class. This is the refrain of the three IJR reports that have been published so far — the first two in 2019 and 2020 —confirming poor spending priorities by state governments and the Centre. The report said the justice system as a whole remained affected by low