A former chief justice of India says he won’t go to the country’s top court with his grievances because he would have to wait endlessly for a verdict, a comment that lays bare the nation’s clogged legal system.
“You want a 5 trillion dollar economy but you have a ramshackled judiciary,” said Ranjan Gogoi, who retired as the head of the country’s judiciary in November 2019 and is now a member of the upper house of the Parliament. Gogoi was speaking at an event organized by the India Today Group, a news network.
Gogoi’s remarks calling for an overhaul of the judiciary’s capacity and efficacy highlights India’s troubles with delayed verdicts and enforcing contracts. Court systems in Asia’s third-largest economy are clogged with over 43 million cases and a shortage of judges means that some cases can end up taking years, even decades, to find a resolution. Companies invested in India have a tough time once entangled in a legal dispute.
Only corporations, willing to take chances with their millions of rupees go to the Supreme Court, he said. “If you were to go to the court, you’d be only washing your dirty linen in the court. You won’t get a verdict. I have no hesitation in saying it,” Gogoi said.
Gogoi made the remarks responding to a question on whether he plans to sue a politician who alleged that he presided over a matter that heard allegations of sexual harassment against him during his tenure as the chief justice. The member also alleged that Gogoi was made a parliamentarian after his retirement after he ruled in favor of Hindus seeking a centuries-old religiously disputed site and rejected a probe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in graft allegations involving the purchase of fighter jets.
“You want a 5 trillion dollar economy but you have a ramshackled judiciary,” said Ranjan Gogoi, who retired as the head of the country’s judiciary in November 2019 and is now a member of the upper house of the Parliament. Gogoi was speaking at an event organized by the India Today Group, a news network.
Gogoi’s remarks calling for an overhaul of the judiciary’s capacity and efficacy highlights India’s troubles with delayed verdicts and enforcing contracts. Court systems in Asia’s third-largest economy are clogged with over 43 million cases and a shortage of judges means that some cases can end up taking years, even decades, to find a resolution. Companies invested in India have a tough time once entangled in a legal dispute.
Only corporations, willing to take chances with their millions of rupees go to the Supreme Court, he said. “If you were to go to the court, you’d be only washing your dirty linen in the court. You won’t get a verdict. I have no hesitation in saying it,” Gogoi said.
Gogoi made the remarks responding to a question on whether he plans to sue a politician who alleged that he presided over a matter that heard allegations of sexual harassment against him during his tenure as the chief justice. The member also alleged that Gogoi was made a parliamentarian after his retirement after he ruled in favor of Hindus seeking a centuries-old religiously disputed site and rejected a probe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in graft allegations involving the purchase of fighter jets.
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 | Suresh Kumar Dewan8 minutes ago The day Indira Gandhi appointed A.N. Ray as CJI ignoring seniority of three judges, judicial system had lost it sanctity. Most of Top 200 families of judges and lawyers in the country have Congress linkage. This man is one of them. Modiji despite the fact he is son of a Congress CM and his indecent behavior, did not ignored him. Judiciary itself is responsible for present state as opposed nail and tooth to judicial reforms. Ex CJI A. H. Ahmadi accepted RS membership as congress member. |
 | Real Comment19 minutes ago All the morons unable to understand "Productive Criticism" and "Honest fact telling" are busy finding political angle ....... As a single person he can not solve 1.5 billion peoples legal problem even if he was Top Judge ..... Ignore the Man's identity and focus on importance of point he raised .... without doubling down on Judiciary resources especially at lower level, timely justice will not be achieved..... Anyway 80% of cases are for trivial matters and with time quantiy will improve overall quality too .... |
| Surendra Hegde21 minutes ago oh ! non BJP political parties are saints in India ð |