Judicial Pendency

Syllabus- General Studies 2 (Polity) Parliament and State legislatures, Structure, Organization and functioning of the Union and State Executive and the Judiciary Context Recently, a senior judge of the Supreme Court of India stated that frivolous cases have been making the Court dysfunctional. In 2014, the then Chief Justice of India, H L Dattu, said the courts of the country are struggling with a negative perception about their efficiency. The huge pendency of cases, he said, strikes at the very root of democracy and erodes respect for law among citizens. Frivolous litigations are indeed a problem, but it is not....Read More