Indian Justice Report: Vanishing Hope for Welfare State

Abstract

“India's Justice Report 2020" examines the structural potential of the national judicial system. Continuing the approach adopted in the 2019 report, it ranks states based on parameters defined in the four pillars of justice: justice, police, prisons, and legal aid. When ranking the states, the report did not compare one state with another. It only highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of each component of each state and encouraged internal evaluation to bring positive changes to the judicial administration. It forces the state to compete with itself to ensure the best justice for its people. The number of court cases is worrying. Although the number of reported cases has decreased significantly due to the pandemic. At the time of writing, the National Court Data Network cited more than 35.34 million outstanding cases in district courts across the country. The court, we must extremely mysterious number-more than 40 million cases have been heard by courts across the country. The pandemic and subsequent closure (full and partial) prevented the judiciary from holding physical hearings. The unthinkable option is to close the court altogether. But technology came to the rescue, and the system evolved into a video conference. Unfortunately, lack of preparation has two first, due to the lack of a reliable system in place, hardware and software failures are inevitable, and almost everyone is not satisfied. One lawyer wore a vest to discuss the case, while another lawyer drove his car. During this year, some higher courts carefully reviewed this situation, but many people, including the Supreme Court, could not accept this change. The plaintiff in the district court suffered the most because of physical alienation. Few district courts provide videos. -Meeting room, although mandatory. Many district courts do not have the necessary capabilities or qualified staff, so the vast majority of applicants are in trouble. Your answers to the needs of litigants and lawyers. Information and communication technology is not only the courts, but all pillars of the judicial system can use the technology in the coming year and involve all relevant people: lawyers, court staff, trial lawyers, police and prison officials, and legal advisers. Lawyers, the adoption of business methods, wider and more targeted use of technology; Deadline; adequate training for employees at all levels; they are needed for every contribution. The Judicial and Police Academy can do many things to improve the image of our judiciary. Judicial reform is imperative. If war is not adopted, the problems that have arisen during the pandemic and for most of the past year will come at the expense of human rights, civil liberties, and true justice.