Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday 25 November 2013

Justice Delayed


Justice   Delayed   -   but   not   Denied

There are 300 + lakh cases pending before India's judiciary system , comprising ,

>    16,000  Trial  Courts

>     21   High  Courts

>     Supreme Court

 If you go by the average rate of disposal during the past decade , it would take more than 100 years to clear this backlog  !

Of course , by then , 400 lakh new cases would have been filed  !

So , it came as a pleasant - and welcome - surprise that , on last Saturday , Lok Adalats managed to clear , 35 lakh cases in 8 hours ! More than 10 % of the outstanding !

In Delhi alone , 300 Lok Adalat benches cleared 366,000 cases , with each bench clearing ( on an average ) , 3 cases per minute  !

In Mumbai , the record was clearance of 37,975 cases  !

Many were pending for more than 10 years  !

What kind of cases ?

>   Bounced cheques

>   Bank Recovery

>   Civil Suits

>   Motor Accident Cases

>   Service Matters

>   Family  Matters

>   Traffic Challans

>   Loan Disputes

>   Restoration of Water Connection ..... etc


How did Lok Adalats manage such fantastic rate of disposal  ?

May be because ,

>  No lawyer was present to accuse or defend  ! Litigants argued their own
    cases .  No vested interest to keep the cases going for  ever  !

>  Lok Adalats were televised live through web-casting. World was watching

>  No court staff

>  Rather than shuttle between courts for another 20 years , weary  litigants

   were happy with any " compromise "

It is said ,

"   Justice delayed is Justice denied  "

Our Lok Adalats proved that justice need not be delayed  !

Sam Pitroda ( Chairman , National Innovation Commission ) would agree that this is innovation par excellence  !

How about decorating the person who thought of Lok Adalats in the first place , with a "  Bharat Ratna  "  ?


*   hemen  parekh   (   25  Nov  2013  )
 


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