The oldest and most famous Allahabad High Court in India is attracting attention once in India’s first Jawaharlal Nehru and the future Supreme Court judge.
But this time there is a very different reason.
With more than a million cases, it is one of the most excessive courts in the United States. The problem of criminal trials to property and family disputes has been pending here for decades, and thousands of people have been in legal limbo in Uttar Pradesh, the most populated country in India.
Consider BABU RAM RAJPUT (73 years old), a retired official who has been fighting property disputes for more than 30 years.
He bought land at the auction in 1992, but the former owner challenged sales, and this incident has been made to this day.
Rajput said, “I hope my case will be decided while I’m still alive.
The struggle of the High Court reflects a wider crisis in the Indian judiciary, and a terrible delay has occurred due to too few judges and constant events.
160 people sanctioned 160 people who said that experts have never been fully filled, and the court seriously lacks employees. The delay of police investigation, frequent leave and poor infrastructure is added to the back log, so the system exceeds its capacity.
Each judge faces hundreds of cases a day. Sometimes there are over 1,000 people. If the working hours are only 5 hours, it is less than 1 minute per case. In fact, many people do not hear at all.
Attorneys say that urgent problems such as jewelry protests or evictions are first heard, pushing more old events under the list.
Senior Lawyer Syed Farman Naqvi says that the court often issues a medium or temporary order in an urgent case, but if you need immediate needs, there is a problem whenever a new event accumulates.
Retired Judge Saran said the Mounting Bag Log forced the judges to “Cut Grass approach.”
In April, the court faced a delay in a rape and murder case for more than 40 years. Four out of five people who were convicted by the delivery of peace died. The court made the only surviving conviction.
The back log took legal action. Earlier this year, the ALLAHABAD High Court Lawyer Group petitioned more judicial appointments, and the court calls “paralysis” due to the lack of judges who have left the case for several years.
The crisis attracted the attention of the Supreme Court in India. In January, the Supreme Court said that the system was completely destroyed, saying that this system was completely destroyed.
The uncertain hearing date struck people in a vast vast Utar Pradesh. Many people travel hundreds of kilometers to Prayagraj, where courts have been notified for several days of hearing.
Mr. Rajput is 200 km (125 miles) of Kanpur. He spends about four hours of traveling every time his case is listed. But I can’t be sure that I will actually do it.
“I’m over 70,” he said. “I learn a few days ago that my case was listed a few days ago to make a trip,” he added.
Lawyers have long urged the court to establish another bench, the point of the high court of other cities. There is an additional bench at Lucknow. Similar recommendations were made by the government committee in 1985, but it was not yet implemented.
Earlier this year, the state government urged the High Court to build another bench, but later this letter was withdrawn for unknown reasons. More benches are not limited to Utar Pradesh. According to the 2009 Legal Commission Report, all states have the benefits of additional high courts.
The new bench can help in the long run, but experts say that they need quick modifications, such as appointing more judges.
But this process is slow and complicated. The first candidate candidate candidate, the list of candidates for the high court judge, will be reviewed by the state and federal government and the Supreme Court of the Indian Court. The senior Supreme Court judges then deliver the final list to the federal government.
Experts say that it is often difficult to choose the right candidate. Former Allahabad, the chief justice chief of the Supreme Court, pointed out that major judges who are often appointed outside of the state can complicate the recommendation without knowing local lawyers or judges. You can reject and keep it confidently until the Supreme Court delivers to the government.
Last year, the Supreme Court recommended one appointment to the Allahabad High Court, despite almost half of the seats. This year’s progress has been with 15 new judges, but almost half is empty after retirement and transfer. Earlier this month, 26 more names were sent to the government to raise hope. But the impact on the back log is still uncertain.
Experts say that the back log is so large that even the total strengths will handle more than 7,000 cases. This year, some progresses have been added to 40 new judges (24 people have been appointed last week, but the back log continues.
Mathur says that in -depth judicial reforms, such as “uniform policies for hearing and disposal of the case,” are essential than leaving them to individual judges.
