Judicial Reforms Issues and Challenges

Abstract

India is a country where people live in a free society, have democratic government, freedom of newlinespeech and expressions and many other freedoms laid down by the Constitution of India. Such newlineliberty and freedom enshrined in any Country is impossible without an independent judiciary. An newlineindependent judiciary is what makes a democratic constitution meaningful for its citizenry. newlineThe Judicial system we know of today started its function on January 28, 1950 and it has been newlineabout seven decades of successful functioning of our constitutional democracy. In these seven newlinedecades several challenges and controversies have come up and India s achievement over those newlinedespites of various shortcomings was possible only due to the strong judicial system which works newlinethe constitution of the people and is able to ensure democratic governance. Hounrable Harilal newlineKania, the first Chief Justice of India made big way for the concept of judicial reforms by quoting, newline Different parts of the Constitution will act and react on each other and the court will have to newlinedecide questions arising from such a situation discharging its duties as perhaps no other court has newlineso far been called upon to do Considering such huge responsibility of this noble profession, the newlineselection of judges is one of high importance for the sustenance and continuance of democracy newlineitself. newlineResearcher feel that India has one of the largest judicial systems in the world and pendency before newlinethe same has increased in last decade. As of April, 2018, there are over three crores cases pending newlinebefore the Supreme Court, the High Courts and the Subordinate Courts (including District Courts). newlineThe number of vacancies in the Supreme Court and the High Courts are 394 as on 1st August, 2020. newlineGoing by the numbers, the speed of increase of the cases is much higher than the number of judges newlinesitting in the position and Courts established for the purpose. newline