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May 2010

Case pile-ups a danger for democracy : PM

By Raman Jokhakar
Tarunkumar G. Singhal
Chartered Accountants
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The Congress leadership expressed concern over mounting
judicial pendency with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chief Sonia Gandhi
saying they were robbing the sheen from the democratic system which aims to
provide speedy justice to aam admi.

The duo, while seeking a way out from the halting wheels of
justice, said the Gram Nyayalayas Act would prove a big step in removing the
pendency. The PM urged the states to take immediate steps to operationalise the
law. Sonia said 2.5 crore cases were pending at various levels across the
country. In a telling comment, the PM mentioned the concern over judicial
backlog while adding that democracy will have little meaning for the common man
if he could not “secure basic rights and easy access to speedy justice”.

While Sonia was mild in her observations, she added that
“speedy, effective and affordable justice” was a party objective. She said the
Gram Nyayalaya Act would bring justice at the doorsteps of rural masses. It will
add 5000 courts for which the Centre will give Rs.1400 crore, she said, adding
they will cut the arrears that stood at 2.5 crore.

(Source : The Times of India, dated 28-3-2010)

 

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