Delays in Court Cases in India

By Siva Prasad Bose and Joy Bose

The court system in India is overburdened with a high number of pending cases. Due to a number of factors such as insufficient recruitments of judges and so on, most of these cases take years or even decades to resolve. This acts as a barrier to justice, reducing the confidence of the public in our court system and causing a loss of time and money and additional stress for the litigants.
In this book, we discuss some of the reasons for the delays in court cases. We touch upon the scale of the problem and its underlying causes. We use data from various sources and reports, which are cited where necessary. We especially focus on pending property cases, since they are the largest group of pending cases and also take the longest to resolve.
Finally, we go through some possible solutions and recommendations how justice in pending cases, at least interim justice, can be delivered faster and in a time bound manner.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Siva Prasad Bose
• Release date: Jan 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005476953

Siva Prasad Bose

Siva Prasad Bose is an electrical engineer by profession. He is currently retired after many years of service in Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited. He received his engineering degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and has a law degree from Meerut University, Meerut. His interests lie in the fields of family law, civil law, law of contracts, and any areas of law related to power electricity related issues.

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Delays in Court Cases in India

By Siva Prasad Bose and Joy Bose

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Contents

Preface

1. Problem of delays in court cases

2. Delays in court cases related to property disputes

3. Delays in criminal cases

4. Delays in court cases related to family disputes

5. Problem of lack of judges

6. Delays by police and government agencies

7. Intentional delays by litigants

8. Public Interest Litigation (PILs)

9. Recommendations to speed up court cases

10. Conclusion

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Preface

The court system in India is overburdened with a high number of pending cases. Due to a number of factors such as insufficient recruitments of judges and so on, most of these cases take years or even decades to resolve. This acts as a barrier to justice, reducing the confidence of the public in our court system and causing a loss of time and money and additional stress for the litigants.

In this book, we discuss some of the reasons for the delays in court cases. We touch upon the scale of the problem and its underlying causes. We use data from various sources and reports, which are cited where necessary. We especially focus on pending property cases, since they are the largest group of pending cases and also take the longest to resolve.

Finally, we go through some possible solutions and recommendations how justice in pending cases, at least interim justice, can be delivered faster and in a time bound manner.

Chapter 1: Problem of delays in court cases

The Indian court system has the problem of slow disposal of justice, with some court cases taking decades to get a verdict. In this chapter, we discuss the scale of the problem by sharing