Kovind: Culture of adjournments to blame for pendency of cases
President Ram Nath Kovind said on Saturday that one of the reasons of long delays in adjudication of cases in courts is the “culture of seeking adjournments as a norm”, and that judiciary is making efforts to curb the practice.
Highlighting the pendency of cases in various courts of the country, he said Indian legal system is marked by long delays and some of the reasons for it are infrastructure gaps and considerable vacancies, particularly in subordinate courts.
“Our judges are overburdened by the sheer volume of cases. As a consequence, the Indian legal system is marked by long delays.
“There is a backlog of 3.3 crore cases in various courts of the country. Of these, 2.84 crore cases are in the subordinate courts,” the President said at the inaugural function of a conference being organised by the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association
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“There is a culture of seeking adjournments as a norm rather than an exception,” he said. “The judiciary is making sincere efforts to curb this practice,” he added while expressing confidence that the legal fraternity will resolve not to seek adjournments except in absolutely unavoidable circumstances.
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said in his inaugural speech that the implementation of rule of law in a nation depends on the quality of legal education in a country. Justice Misra said law schools are the hatcheries that supply legal professionals who act as sentinels for the implementation of rule of law.