Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Indian justice - delayed, but not denied, atleast to a few

Nothing new. Economist writes
Proceeding carefully is no doubt a virtue in justice, particularly in complicated terrorist trials. But the time taken for the final blow to fall from the gavel reflects blockages in the system. There are currently more than 30m civil and criminal cases pending. India has 11 judges for every 1m people, compared with 107 in America, so the backlog will not be cleared soon. Whether a case is seen through or neglected can seem rather arbitrary. Those who demanded justice for Miss Lal and Miss Mattoo proved more fortunate than many.
The government is so underactive here, because it's so overactive here

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