Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Lords are burring!

He said:

The institutions that command the most respect are the Supreme Court, Election Commission and Army. All three are unelected. We have little respect for the elected and immense respect for some who are not.

Now there is a cover story “Lords on Trial” in the current issue of India Today. There is some mindboggling numbers are given just see the below some tables and you will know what wanted to say!

It’s not just the pending cases are peculiar in its nature but it’s the people’s involvement in institution building. The word people I use here both the elected leaders in our parliament and the academic pundits in school, college and universities!

Vacancies in courts

The shortage of judges runs from top to bottom.

Court

Sanctioned Strength

Vacancies

Supreme Court

31

7

High Courts

886

234

District and Subordinate Courts

16,721

2,998








Pending cases as on 31-03-09

More cases are filed each year than disposed.

Supreme Court

50,163

High Courts

39,55,224

District and Subordinate Courts

2,67,52,193

*Source: Supreme Court of India

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