Judicial Infrastructure

Verdict is out: High Court appointments at 9-year high, shows data

At the SC, against a sanctioned strength of 34, 27 judges, including the Chief Justice of India, are working

Govt doing everything possible to strengthen judicial system: Kiren Rijiju

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the government is doing everything possible to strengthen the judicial system and have a "very close, cordial relationship" with the judiciary. The remarks come close on the heels of the minister attacking the collegium system of appointment of judges and describing it as something alien to the Constitution. Addressing the Constitution Day event at the Supreme Court in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud, Rijiju said, "We work as a team from the government's side under the visionary leadership of the prime minister." "We are doing everything possible to strengthen the Indian judicial system and also to have a very close, cordial relationship with the Indian judiciary," he said. Rijiju said he is fortunate to have shared a very cordial relationship with the previous two CJIs N V Ramana and U U Lalit, and incumbent Chandrachud as well as the judges of the Supreme Court and high ...

Assam to spend Rs 300 cr to upgrade judicial infra in districts: CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that his government will spend Rs 300 crore in the next three years for developing and upgrading the infrastructure of the district and sub-divisional courts in the state. He also urged people to move courts only for serious matters and not overburden the judiciary with frivolous cases. The state government will spend a total of Rs 300 crore in the next three years to develop and upgrade the infrastructure of the district and sub-divisional judicial courts, Sarma said at the inauguration of the newly constructed court building of Barpeta district. Gauhati High Court Chief Justice R M Chhaya was present on the occasion. Sarma appealed to the people to opt for out-of-court, traditional system of solving disputes through mediation by family elders in less serious matters so that the formal judicial system can dedicate its workforce and time to issues of serious nature such as murder and rape. Cases of less serious nature are ...

Inefficiency, out of court

Poor governance is adding to judiciary's woes

SC seeks Centre's stand on plea regarding Judicial Vista construction

A Bench of Justices Vineet Saran and JK Maheshwari asked the Centre to apprise its stand on the petition

Making efforts to fill up vacancies, improve judicial infrastructure: CJI

Justice Ramana said he wanted to see that there are no pending vacancies either in the high courts, Supreme Court or the district judiciary

CJI rues lack of basic judicial infra, stresses need of filling vacancies

The CJI was speaking as the chief guest at the National Seminar on Adjudication of IPR Disputes in India which was organised by the Delhi High Court

Don't leave HCs at state govts' mercy for infra funds, SC tells Centre

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre not to leave high courts at state governments' mercy for funding of judicial infrastructure

Nearly 20% judges have no place to sit, 42% courts lack toilets: CJI

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday made some shocking revelations

Centre has taken various decisions to improve judicial infra: Rijiju

Rijiju was speaking at the inauguration of two wings of the annexe building at the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court.

SC says India can't have a dual judicial system for rich and poor

The Supreme Court on Thursday said India can't have a dual judicial system -- one for the rich and the other for the poor, and pulled up Madhya Pradesh Police for attempting to shield Govind Singh

Portents after the vaccine rollout

Since the lockdown in March last year, a large section of the legal profession and litigants has found that virtual courts (VCs) are a beneficial innovation and should be institutionalised

Poor infra, staff shortages: Here's what is slowing down fast-track courts

Fast track courts (FTCs) were first recommended by the Eleventh Finance Commission in 2000 "to substantially bring down, if not eliminate, pendency in the district and subordinate courts"

Justice delayed

Supreme Court intervention often takes too long

When world is discussing 5G, nobody is talking about it in India: Gurnani

The government has plans to conduct a spectrum auction in April-May which will also include airwaves for 5G services.

Debates about entrepreneurship & growth

This is a crucial issue at a time when global business leaders are committing themselves to stakeholder interests rather than only shareholder interest

RTI should not be used to spy, hasten judicial functionings: Justice Ramana

He said the case concerns the balance which is required between two important fundamental rights -- right to information and right to privacy.

Justice delivery system low on priority for states, finds new report

Prepared by Tata Trusts along with other partners, the India Justice report ranks states on four key pillars of the justice delivery system - judiciary, police, prisons and legal aid

Cabinet approves Rs 3,320 cr plan to boost judicial infrastructure

This will help in improving the performance of judiciary in the country: Ravi Shankar Prasad