Rescue plan for subordinate courts

Despite Supreme Court's efforts for decades, states do not provide them even basic infrastructure

M J Antony 

M J Antony

The woes of a litigant start when he or she knocks at the door of the lowest rung of the judiciary near his village or town. The high courts and the Supreme Court are far away and not ordinarily accessible due to distance and expenses. It is for this reason that the Supreme Court has been trying judicially for the past 30 years to improve the infrastructure of these courts.

The result so far is disappointing. The verdict of the court earlier this month was: “The infrastructure in courts, especially in the interior parts of the country, is dying out. It would not be wrong to say ...

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First Published: Wed, August 22 2018. 01:07 IST