2,000 new subordinate judges for Rs 80 cr to be recruited for fast track courts

Monday, 21 January 2013 By Legally India Bar, Bench & Litigation

The law ministry approved Rs 80 crore for recruitment of 2,000 new subordinate judges across the country, to be deployed in fast track courts. The ministry had discontinued the fast-track courts scheme in March 2011 after running it for 11 years.

On 9 January the law ministry wrote to all state governments asking them to increase the strength of the subordinate judiciary from 18,000 to 20,000.

Currently, there are more than 3.2 crore pending cases in Indian courts. Of this, at least 2.76 crore cases are pending in subordinate courts while 44 lakh are pending in various high courts. [TOI]

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Comments

Well well 21 Jan 2013, 07:27
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Fast track courts are a good idea but the law ministry and lower judiciary needs to realize that speedy justice (at least in certain matters) must be prioritized.

See this news article on a trial court in Hoshiarpur, where additional session judge J S Bhinder disposed off a rape case within 8 days of production of challan in one of the most expeditious trials in the country. This shows that it is not necessary to set up special fast track courts for speedy disposal of cases and, if there is commitment, quick justice can be delivered even in regular courts.

http://punjabnewsline.com/news/Hoshiarpur_-9-days-after-charge_sheet_-rapist-gets-10-yrs-in-jail.html
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