Before Making a Law, Assess Extra Burden on Courts: Moily


New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI): With crores of cases pending in courts across the country, the Law Ministry has suggested that Parliament should make fresh laws only after assessing the extra burden they are likely to impose on the courts and ensuring the provision of money required for the purpose.

"Assessment must be made for the purpose of estimating the extra load any new bill or legislation may add to the burden of courts and expenditure required for the purpose," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily has said in a letter to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Nearly three crore cases are pending in courts (lower courts and higher judiciary) across the country, and the backlog is on a steady increase.

According to government estimates based on 2009 figures, it takes 15 years on an average to finally decide a court case in India.

  

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  • Bhaskar Kolnad, Dubai

    Sun, Sep 12 2010

    common man can not afford to fight a case in court for two reasons .One is it is expensive and the other it is taking more time .
    The courts on its part can dispose off 90% of those cases in just one session.It is not happening because lawyers have a vested interest in rotting the case.
    In the bargain nobody cares for justice.The rich and powerful simply buy it

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