JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED
The main purpose of legal systems in any country is providing Justice to those who have been wronged. As a student of law, I am bound by the motto: "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied". It is a historical fact that in India, the Judiciary doesn`t efficiently provide quick justice. For a Civil Case, the average time to provide a judgement by the lower court is 3 years. Suppose we consider a case of defamation by a person X relating to a person Y, the justice will be provided to Y after 3 years. By this time, his personal integrity, reputation and other morals would have been disintegrated. This disrupts the basic need for a judicial system and justice. In comparison, the courts in the US and UK give swift judgements. The average time taken in these courts is 10 days for a similar civil case. I would like to share a personal experience. When I was interning at a law firm, I came across a case, which was involving certain evictions and property-related disputes of a Hindu Undivid...