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    The report summarizes research conducted on infrastructure and vacancies in subordinate courts in Rohini District Court, Delhi. Researchers interviewed panel lawyers and litigants about issues such as inadequate judges, lack of infrastructure, and case backlogs. Key issues identified included shortages of judges, no set times for witness examinations, distances people travel to courts, and lack of alternative dispute resolution awareness. Suggestions to address these issues included increasing the retirement age for judges, filling vacancies, and expanding e-courts and the number of courts. The conclusion was that India has far fewer judges per capita than recommended and this shortage contributes significantly to case pendency issues.

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    The report summarizes research conducted on infrastructure and vacancies in subordinate courts in Rohini District Court, Delhi. Researchers interviewed panel lawyers and litigants about issues such as inadequate judges, lack of infrastructure, and case backlogs. Key issues identified included shortages of judges, no set times for witness examinations, distances people travel to courts, and lack of alternative dispute resolution awareness. Suggestions to address these issues included increasing the retirement age for judges, filling vacancies, and expanding e-courts and the number of courts. The conclusion was that India has far fewer judges per capita than recommended and this shortage contributes significantly to case pendency issues.

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    The report summarizes research conducted on infrastructure and vacancies in subordinate courts in Rohini District Court, Delhi. Researchers interviewed panel lawyers and litigants about issues such as inadequate judges, lack of infrastructure, and case backlogs. Key issues identified included shortages of judges, no set times for witness examinations, distances people travel to courts, and lack of alternative dispute resolution awareness. Suggestions to address these issues included increasing the retirement age for judges, filling vacancies, and expanding e-courts and the number of courts. The conclusion was that India has far fewer judges per capita than recommended and this shortage contributes significantly to case pendency issues.

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    INDEPENDENT REPORT ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

    The Empirical Research was conducted regarding the 'Infrastructure and


    vacancies in Subordinate Courts'. Our team was allotted the Rohini
    District Court , New Delhi. Here is the information inferred from the
    Panel Lawyers along with other Law Practitioners working under the
    Delhi State Legal Service Authority . Litigants were also a part of the
    research.

    On reaching Rohini District court , our team approached the President of


    the Rohini Court Bar association and he informed us regarding a legal
    service committee in operation within the premises of the court under
    which retainer / panel lawyers sit in the front office. We approached the
    front office and contacted the panel lawyers sitting there. They were
    interviewed individually and questionnaires were filled as per the
    information provided by them at the same time. They provided insight
    into the lack of infrastructure and vacancies and its impact on the
    pendency of cases in the Subordinate courts. The lawyers provided their
    valuable opinion and information regarding some important issues such
    as :

     Establishment of an All India Judicial Service


     National Litigation Policy
     e-court management system
     Should India switch to Inquisitorial system from adversarial
    system.
    ISSUES

    The issues that our volunteers came up with are :

     Inadequate strength of judges to deal with the number of cases


    every day.
     No specified time for witness examination which also
    consumes presence of a large amount of police officials in the
    courts for the entire day hence acting as a barrier in better
    functioning and efficiency of the police force.
     People covering long distances and then spending considerable
    time to attend hearing of their case witness delay in the
    disposal of the case.
     No awareness regarding the alternate ways of dispute
    resolution.
     The Opposition party willfully delaying the case.
     Online and e-court mechanism not effective and feasible for
    the common man.
     Lack of Help Desks.
     Transfer of judges is a huge barrier in the speedy disposal of
    cases.
    SUGGESTIONS

    There were mixed opinions regarding various issues among the


    advocates. Some suggested that the introduction of an All India Judicial
    Service will bring in Uniformity in the Judicial structure.

    The dissenting opinion provided that there are different local , customary
    laws in each and every state. Moreover, there is a language barrier which
    will prevent speedy and efficient justice.

    Majority of advocates were of the opinion that the retirement age for
    judges should be increased to 75 years and also vacancies should be
    filled by instilling the young generation.

    Through visiting numerous advocates found many different ideologies


    and about All India Judicial Service, few advocates told about the
    difficulty and solutions to that also.

    Few litigants were of the opinion that e-courts is a good idea and with
    that many expenses which is spent in travelling can be reduced and it is
    time effective also.

    While many advocates and litigants want more courts in order to reduce
    reduce the pendency.

    Few advocates gave their opinion that the judge who starts a particular
    case should end that case to avoid repetitive hard work by lawyers and
    litigants.
    CONCLUSION

    India has 19 judges per 10 lakh people on an average, according to a


    Law Ministry data which also states that the judiciary faces a combined
    shortage of over 6,000 judges, including over 5,000 in the lower courts
    itself.

    Practically we found this most advocates agree with this view that there
    is a shortage of judges and its leads to pendency of cases. Many lawyers
    really appreciated the questionnaire.

    Advocates discuss various concepts with practical their practical


    knowledge and this project provided a huge knowledge with the essence
    of practicalities.

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