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Speeding up justice delivery in India

Are breakthroughs on this imminent?

judiciary, judicial, justice, courts, digital
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Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

Ajit Balakrishnan
A couple of times a year I encounter some event that makes me rub my eyes or pinch myself, worrying that I am asleep and dreaming. I found myself doing that one day last week, when I was at a webinar I was invited to attend.

Let me try it on you, dear reader, and see whether you have the same reaction:

Question: Who in India would make a statement like this?

“It is automatic for Counsels to ask for an adjournment of 12 weeks when a case which was adjourned in 1971 is listed for hearing today, 2020”

Choose from one of the
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