Articles tagged with: district court

Did you know? To solve pendency, India might actually need far far fewer judges than we (and even the CJI) expected

In most years, the annual Joint Conference of Chief Justices and Chief Ministers gets barely a passing mention in media outlets and is forgotten soon after. This year it was different.

India’s district courts: Data proves ticking time bomb of too few judges, impossible case loads and infinite disposal timelines

As of today, there are more than 20 million cases pending in the Indian district courts; two-thirds are criminal cases and one in 10 have been pending for more than 10 years, our analysis of National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) data has revealed.

Delhi district court Lok Adalats score: 2,200+ settlements, $4m+ awards

A total of 2,273 cases were disposed of and a settlement amount of over Rs. 28.37 crore was awarded to claimants by various Delhi courts during the seventh monthly National Lok Adalat held on Saturday. A Delhi State Legal Services Authority spokesperson said 40 benches were constituted in which 2,23...

Delhi district courts go on indefinite strike, yet again, over pecuniary juris delay

Lawyers of Delhi’s district courts on Tuesday began an indefinite strike against the delay in passage of an amended bill in parliament on enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of trial courts. Advocate RK Wadhwa, chairman of the coordination committee of all district courts bar associations, said la...

Delhi district & high court lawyers agree to temporary cease fire in strike war

The Delhi high court Bar Association on Wednesday called off its strike protesting the clearance of bill by the Rajya Sabha to increase pecuniary jurisdiction of the high court as parliament adjourned before it could be passed by the Lok Sabha.

Will 2 women finally make history in the patriarchal world of Patiala House judiciary staff elections? Delhi Barfly reports…

Women: Minority leaders
Women: Minority leaders
Six women sit huddled in one corner of the administration room in Patiala House court complex, surrounded by a sea of smiling men.

The Delhi Barfly diaries: When the district court’s government pharmacy becomes a pain, suffering court staff get sharp relief from unexpected quarters

Queues
Queues
Delhi court staff crib about government-run dispensaries that stock little else but Paracetamol in this time of mucus and mouth-breathing, coupled with apathetic doctors.

In possible first, Saket district court allows advocate to serve by email

Delhi’s Saket district court took the lead among Indian district courts on 31 July in allowing emailed service of process.

DHCBA: Rs 2 cr district courts would leave nothing for Delhi HC & ‘impair justice’

Delhi high court by day from website small
Delhi high court by day from website small
The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) yesterday resisted the proposal of the Delhi high court to increase its original jurisdiction from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 2 crore, noting that it would inconvenience the litigant public, “affect the quality of the judgements” and decrease the opportunity for young lawyers to get “groomed” on the original side.

Delhi HC orig jurisdiction to be raised to Rs 2 cr

The Delhi district court’s pecuniary jurisdiction may increase from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 2 crore after the proposal was considered in a meeting of judges of the Delhi high court yesterday, according to two independent sources. Today rumours have been spreading in Delhi courts’ corridors via text message...

Women make up as few as 6% of district court advocates

The Hindustan Times reported today that only 60 to 70 practising advocates in the Gurgaon district courts were women, compared to 1,200 men.