“Justice delayed is justice denied”.Comment with reference to Indian judiciary
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The judiciary of our country is regarded as the best and independent by the western press. Its path-breaking judgments and fearlessness are appreciates by one and all. But the only criticism against it is that it is very slow and recognizes the right of the parties only after their death.
faith in judiciary. It is mainly because of long delays at all points, the reluctance of all the judges to give the judgments and the inevitable adjournments. That is why people are approaching the mafia which believe in out summary justice.
The so-called great English politician and also the former prime minister William Edwart Gladstone (1809-1898) quoted “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
I agree that people are losing faith in the judiciary. It is mainly because of long delays at all points, the reluctance of all the judges to give the judgments and the inevitable adjournments. That is why people are approaching the mafia which beliefs in our summary justice.
There is an advertisement which often comes on television. The ad of a plywood company which has a scene of court in it.
The ad shows two lawyers arguing a case. The beginning of the ad shows two young lawyers while the case keeps getting adjourned. The ad ends with two ageing lawyers (the same people who played young). The accused too has become an old man. The case again gets adjourned. The theme of the ad is that their plywood is timeless and the tabletop which judge uses is made from their plywood which he keeps using for banging it while adjourning the case. Their punch line is 'chalta raahe chalta raahe' which means keeps going.
The ad is a satire on the Indian judicial system. Indian judiciary is last hope for citizens of India. One of the main pillars of democracy, it along with media is one to which people look up to whilethe administrative system and police are accused of being highly corrupted. Indian politicians, bureaucrats and police are among the least trusted people of India while the judiciary is seen as least corrupted and institute that does stand for people of India.
Sixty long years ago we declared ourselves as independent but still, the process of delivering justice to people is delayed and causes frustration as well as disgust towards the existing judicial system. The judiciary of our country is regarded as the best and independent by the western press. Its path-breaking judgments and fearlessness are appreciated by one and all. But the only criticism against it is that it is very slow and recognizes the right of the parties only after their death. It's a fact that in most of the cases the grandsons are appearing before the court and fighting the cases filed by their grandparents. The common saying among the litigants is that in court battle both parties to the dispute are losers only lawyers are the gainer.
The reasons for the pathetic state are many, Government occasionally comes out with some cosmetic changes like establishing tribunals for the motor accident claims tribunals for accident cases, administrates tribunals for service matters, debt recovery tribunals to decide bank cases, consumer forums for consumer cases are a few among them. These tribunals have not delivered much, except the cases were transferred to them from regular courts. Inordinate delays and repeated adjournments on frivolous grounds are generally contributing to the delays. The age-old saying goes that justice delayed is justice denied. A judge should be the parties at length examine all the available evidence and then has to decide the case. In the process, if a party suffers then for that we need not blame anyone. Everything is done to serve justice only. In the bargain, cases were not decided.