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Sharp decline in disposal, increased pendency -- how pandemic affected District Courts in India -Akshat Jain

-ThePrint.in There’s been a 40% decline in disposal of cases during pandemic, a report mapping District Courts’ performance showed.  The study was conducted by a Delhi-based think-tank.  New Delhi: The pandemic has severely affected the justice delivery system in India, causing a sharp decline in the disposal of cases,  a study mapping the performance of District Courts during the pandemic shows.  In its latest report called ‘Data Speak: A look at the District...

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Mathura, Hapur, Jhajjar – Small-town divorces rising and shocking courts, lawyers, families -Jyoti Yadav

-ThePrint.in A common sentiment that is prevalent in smaller towns at large is, "80 per cent of this is coming from women." Hapur/ Mathura: As she waited for the judge to call her case file, Rinki stared at two advocates in the Mathura courtroom in disbelief and disdain as they argued over the sordid details of another woman’s married life. This wasn’t the first time she had come to the court for...

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Sedition law: SC orders blanket stay on pending proceedings -R Balaji

-The Telegraph Court expresses 'hope' that the states and Centre would 'restrain from registering any FIR, continuing any investigation or taking any coercive measures' New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed “until further orders” all pending proceedings under the sedition law across the country, overruling the Centre’s objections by citing the government’s own stated intention to “re-examine and reconsider” the provision. The court also expressed “hope” that the states and the Centre...

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Why Are India's Jails so Overcrowded? -Murali Krishnan

-Newsclick.in Prison occupancy in India has been on the rise over the past five years with overcrowded jails struggling to cater to the needs of prisoners. Experts point to the mass incarceration of pre-trial prisoners. Following an increase in prison overcrowding in India, critics are calling for new reforms to the judicial process, to decrease the length of trials and reduce the number of inmates. Three out of every four people held in...

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Government anticipates protest during Census -Vijaita Singh

-The Hindu Handbook sees prejudices and ignorance or deliberate misinformation campaign on the exercise The Registrar General of India (RGI) anticipates “organised movement” against the decennial Census exercise such as agitation for inclusion of Other Backward Classes (OBC) and court cases against the collection of data for the National Population Register (NPR). The concern is documented in the Census of India 2021 Handbook for Principal/District Census Officers and Charge Officers that has been...

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