According to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, over 63 lakh cases nationwide have been deemed to be delayed due to the lack of counsel, and over 14 lakh cases have been deemed to be delayed because they are awaiting some sort of document or record. Justice Chandrachud stated during the opening of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy that people need to shed their colonial mindset of thinking district courts as inferior in both hierarchy and practise. They serve as the foundation of the courts and frequently represent people’s first contact with it.
CJI DY Chandrachud Singh says that 63 lakh cases delayed due to lack of counsel
One of the most essential principles of the criminal justice system, according to him, is that of b
ail but not jail. The CJI noted that, in reality, the sheer number of under-trials incarcerated in India indicates a paradoxical scenario and emphasised that even one day without liberty is one day too many. As per data from the NJDG (National Judicial Data Grid), about 14 lakh cases nationwide have been postponed because of an awaited record or document that is out of the court’s control, he said.
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14 lakh cases delayed as they await some kind of document or record
“According to NJDG data, nearly 63 lakh cases nationwide have been deemed to be delayed as a result of the lack of counsel. In order to make sure that our courts are operating at their full potential, we truly need the support of the bar “CJI stated. But he added that it can be much higher or lower because further information is still pending from various courts.
In reference to district courts, he said that Sections 438 of the CrPC (bail) and 439 of the CrPC (cancellation of bail) must not be ineffective, mechanical procedural remedies that are recognised at the district judiciary’s grassroots level only to be rejected and then appealed to a higher court. Since they affect the most vulnerable citizens of the nation, he contends that the district judiciary itself must offer remedies.
With regard to how the granting of anticipatory bail or regular bail will be seen at the higher level, Justice Chandrachud stated that there is also a lingering sense of anxiety among the courts of first instance, and that this concern is not wholly unjustified. “Trial court judges have been criticised for granting bail in numerous instances by certain High Courts. The success rate of judges has been used to evaluate their performance. I explicitly urged the chief justices to see that such abuses are stopped at the chief justices conference “said he
Common Services Centre needs to be merged with e-courts to facilitate judicial facilities at the village level in the country
According to the CJI, common service centres are being established across the nation, down to the level of every Gram Panchayat, as part of the “Digital India” mission, and the Supreme Court is attempting to ensure that the e-court services are merged so that judicial services are available throughout the nation at the village level. He added that offering certified copies online is simply one stage in the process, adding that “our objective needs to be to ensure that the entire colonial mindset of people seeking justice is replaced with a new justice delivery system where we reach out to our residents.”
The Chief Justice claimed that the number of women entering the judicial profession has surpassed that of men.
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