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Indian Judicial System Struggles With Only 22 Judges Per Million People
Indias judicial system faces serious challenges as the judge-to-population ratio isonly22judgespermillionpeople. This is much lower than what is needed for timely justice, according to the Ministry of LawandJustice.
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Centre Spent Over Rs 400 Crore In 10 Years To Contest Court Cases
The government has spent more than Rs 400 crore to contest court cases during the past 10 years, official data showed.
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Efforts On To Ensure Easy, Accessible Judicial System: Kiren Rijiju
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said efforts were being made by the government to ensure an easy, accessible and affordable judicial system for people belonging to socially and economically backward classes.
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Judicial System Exists For "Common Man": Top Court, Worried Over Lengthy Arguments
The judicial system exists for the "common man", the Supreme Court observed on Thursday while expressing concern over lengthy arguments by litigants that too during the COVID times, and said restricting time for oral submissions needs to be enforced.
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Lawyers' Strike In Jammu Completes 1 Month, To Go On Indefinitely
President of Jammu chapter of J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) Abhinav Sharma said the decision to continue the ongoing strike was unanimously taken at the General House meeting of the association.
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Interference In Judicial System Doesn't Augur Well: Supreme Court
Appointment and transfer of judges form "the root of the administration of justice" and interference in that "does not augur well" for the institution, the Supreme Court said today.
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A Gang-Rape Victim Went To Court For 11 Years, But Her Ordeal Continues
She was still a teenager when a pack of young men pulled her into a car, tortured her and gang-raped her.
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Chief Justice Of India Broke Down. What's Going Wrong.
Chief Justice of India TS Thakur broke down at a meeting in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, talking about the unprecedented pressure judges in the country work under.
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India Uses Outdated Laws To Silence Dissent, Says Human Rights Watchdog
India routinely uses outdated and loosely worded laws to crack down on dissent, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, urging the government to repeal or amend legislation used to stifle free speech.
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Judicial System Has Collapsed, Alleges Prashant Bhushan
Claiming that the Indian judicial system has "collapsed", noted lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan today said a big social movement is needed to improve the functioning of the judicial apparatus.
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Over 2 Crore Cases Pending In Lower Courts: Law Ministry Data
Over two crore cases are pending in the country's lower courts, out of which over 41 per cent are less than two-year-old while over 10 per cent are pending for over a decade, a Law Ministry data says.
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It's A Daunting Task, Felt Obliged: Supreme Court On Improving Collegium
The Supreme Court has said that it "felt obliged" while dealing with the daunting task of working for improvement of the judicial system of collegium for appointing judges in higher judiciary and termed it as a very challenging responsibility.
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Government to Put Before Supreme Court Views on Improving Collegium System
Seeking to make the collegium system "more participatory", the government is likely to suggest to the Supreme Court tomorrow constitution of a committee of eminent persons which would scrutinise candidates for appointment to the higher judiciary before the collegium takes the final call.
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Pakistan Hangs Man Who Had Said he Was 15 at Time of Crime he Didn't Commit
Pakistan on Tuesday hanged a man who said he was 15 when he was arrested for a murder he did not commit in the latest case to shine a spotlight on Pakistan's haphazard justice system.
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Egypt Military Court Sentences 253 to Life in Prison in Absentia: Reports
An Egyptian military court sentenced 253 people to life in prison in absentia and 203 others to shorter prison terms on Tuesday for destroying public buildings in 2013, the country's state news agency said.
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Indian Judicial System Struggles With Only 22 Judges Per Million People
Indias judicial system faces serious challenges as the judge-to-population ratio isonly22judgespermillionpeople. This is much lower than what is needed for timely justice, according to the Ministry of LawandJustice.
-
Centre Spent Over Rs 400 Crore In 10 Years To Contest Court Cases
The government has spent more than Rs 400 crore to contest court cases during the past 10 years, official data showed.
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Efforts On To Ensure Easy, Accessible Judicial System: Kiren Rijiju
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said efforts were being made by the government to ensure an easy, accessible and affordable judicial system for people belonging to socially and economically backward classes.
-
Judicial System Exists For "Common Man": Top Court, Worried Over Lengthy Arguments
The judicial system exists for the "common man", the Supreme Court observed on Thursday while expressing concern over lengthy arguments by litigants that too during the COVID times, and said restricting time for oral submissions needs to be enforced.
-
Lawyers' Strike In Jammu Completes 1 Month, To Go On Indefinitely
President of Jammu chapter of J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) Abhinav Sharma said the decision to continue the ongoing strike was unanimously taken at the General House meeting of the association.
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Interference In Judicial System Doesn't Augur Well: Supreme Court
Appointment and transfer of judges form "the root of the administration of justice" and interference in that "does not augur well" for the institution, the Supreme Court said today.
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A Gang-Rape Victim Went To Court For 11 Years, But Her Ordeal Continues
She was still a teenager when a pack of young men pulled her into a car, tortured her and gang-raped her.
-
Chief Justice Of India Broke Down. What's Going Wrong.
Chief Justice of India TS Thakur broke down at a meeting in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, talking about the unprecedented pressure judges in the country work under.
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India Uses Outdated Laws To Silence Dissent, Says Human Rights Watchdog
India routinely uses outdated and loosely worded laws to crack down on dissent, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, urging the government to repeal or amend legislation used to stifle free speech.
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Judicial System Has Collapsed, Alleges Prashant Bhushan
Claiming that the Indian judicial system has "collapsed", noted lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan today said a big social movement is needed to improve the functioning of the judicial apparatus.
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Over 2 Crore Cases Pending In Lower Courts: Law Ministry Data
Over two crore cases are pending in the country's lower courts, out of which over 41 per cent are less than two-year-old while over 10 per cent are pending for over a decade, a Law Ministry data says.
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It's A Daunting Task, Felt Obliged: Supreme Court On Improving Collegium
The Supreme Court has said that it "felt obliged" while dealing with the daunting task of working for improvement of the judicial system of collegium for appointing judges in higher judiciary and termed it as a very challenging responsibility.
-
Government to Put Before Supreme Court Views on Improving Collegium System
Seeking to make the collegium system "more participatory", the government is likely to suggest to the Supreme Court tomorrow constitution of a committee of eminent persons which would scrutinise candidates for appointment to the higher judiciary before the collegium takes the final call.
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Pakistan Hangs Man Who Had Said he Was 15 at Time of Crime he Didn't Commit
Pakistan on Tuesday hanged a man who said he was 15 when he was arrested for a murder he did not commit in the latest case to shine a spotlight on Pakistan's haphazard justice system.
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Egypt Military Court Sentences 253 to Life in Prison in Absentia: Reports
An Egyptian military court sentenced 253 people to life in prison in absentia and 203 others to shorter prison terms on Tuesday for destroying public buildings in 2013, the country's state news agency said.
