The Indian Court is struggling under a huge judicial accumulation

The Supreme Court of God Abad – one of the oldest and most prominent in India, which was known by personalities such as the first Prime Minister Johar Nahu and the Judges of the Supreme Court in the future – returned in the spotlight.

This time, though, for very different reasons.

with More than a million pending casesIt is among the most exciting courts in the country. The issues ranging from criminal trials to real estate conflicts and the family have been suspended here for decades, leaving thousands of people in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the most intense population in India, trapped in legal forgetfulness.

Looking at Babo Ram Rajput, 73, a retired government employee fighting a property conflict for more than three decades.

He bought the land at a 1992 auction, but the former owner stabbed the sale – and the issue is still without a solution to this day.

“I just hope you decide my condition while I am still alive,” says Rajput.

The struggle of the Supreme Court reflects a broader crisis in the judiciary in India, as it caused a very few judges and continuous floods of cases in the delays of paralysis.

With a hypothesis force on 160, experts say that it has not been fully occupied, the court suffers from a lack of employees. Delay in police investigations, frequent brilliance, and weak infrastructure Add to accumulationLetting the system extend beyond the capacity.

Each judge faces hundreds of cases a day – sometimes more than 1000. With only five working hours, this is less than a minute for each case. In practice, many are not heard at all.

Lawyers say that urgent matters – such as the call of sponsorship or evacuation – are heard first, which pushes old issues down the list.

The chief lawyer, Sayed Varman Naqafi, says that the courts often issue temporary or temporary orders in urgent cases – but once the immediate need is met, the issue accumulates with the accumulation of new cases.

Retired judge, Ammar Saran, says that the accumulation of escalation has forced the judges to “the broken grass approach” – issuing quick standard orders, from pushing the government to direct the minimum courts to deal with this issue.

In April, the court faced the scale of its delay during their ruling in the case of rape and the suspended killing for more than 40 years. By connecting the ruling, four of the five convicted men died. The convicts who survived surrender to surrender, the court admitted that it regretted not to judge sooner.

The accumulation has paid legal action. Earlier this year, a group of the lawyer of the Supreme Court in God submitted a petition to seek more judicial appointments, describing the court as “paralyzing” due to the lack of judges who leave the cases remaining for years.

The crisis drew the attention of the Supreme Court in India. In January, the Supreme Court described it as “worrying” that the lists of cases in God’s Supreme Court are unpredictable, saying that the system had completely collapsed.

The uninterrupted hearing dates were severely hit people, especially in the vast state of Uttar Pradesh. Many hundred kilometers travel to Prayagraj, where the court is noticeable for a few days to hear them.

Mr. Rajput from Canbur, 200 km (125 miles) from Prayagraj. About four hours travel every time his case is listed – however he cannot be sure that it will be already heard.

“I am more than 70,” he says. “I often learn only days before my condition is inserted, making travel trouble.” He adds that he often not heard his case because other things take all day.

Lawyers have long urged the court to create another seat – a branch of the Supreme Court in a different city to reduce access and accelerate hearings – in the western part of the state. Currently, there is an additional seat in Leno. A similar recommendation was made in 1985 by a government committee, but it has not yet been implemented.

Earlier this year, the state government is said to be And urge the Supreme Court To prepare another seat, but the message was later pulled for unknown reasons. Payment for more seats is not limited to the state of Uttar Pradesh; The 2009 Law Committee report said that all states will benefit from the additional branches of the Supreme Supreme Court.

Although new seats can help in the long term, experts say the fastest reforms – such as the appointment of more judges – are needed.

But the operation is slow and complex: the Supreme Supreme Court judges first in the list of specialized candidates, then the list is reviewed by the state and federal governments, and the head of judges in India. After that, the Supreme Supreme Court judges will redirect the final list to the federal government to appoint them.

Experts say that the choice of appropriate candidates is often difficult. The former head of the Supreme Court of God, Jovind Macher, notes that the chief judge, who is often appointed from outside the state, may not know local lawyers or judges, which complicates recommendations. The names can be rejected at any stage and remain secret until the Supreme Court will return them to the government.

Last year, Supreme Court Only one date recommended For God’s Supreme Court, despite nearly half of the seats vacant. Some progress came this year with 15 new judges, but nearly half of the jobs remain empty after retirement and transfers. Earlier this month, 26 other names were sent to the government, which raises hopes – but the influence on accumulation is still uncertain.

Experts say that accumulation is so huge that even a full force, every judge will deal with more than 7,000 suspended cases. Some progress came this year, after adding 40 new judges – 24 of whom were appointed last week – but it is still ongoing.

Mr. Macher says that deeper judicial reforms – such as “a unified policy to hear and dispose of cases” – are necessary, rather than leaving them to individual judges.