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Source: ibnlive
Patna: A farmer in Bihar has waited 33 long years for justice after he was accused of stealing cattle. The case is still in court. But it's thrown up the question on the millions of pending cases in Bihar’s Courts – the number currently pegged at 23 million.
Justice delayed is justice denied, and no one understands it better than Suraj Nath Yadav, a small time farmer, who is entangled in a legal battle for last 33 years. Yadav was accused of stealing oxen 33 years back and the case still remains undecided in the court.
Yadav is just one of the millions who are victims of delay in the justice delivery system in Bihar. And this delay is for obvious reasons.
Against the total sanctioned strength of 43 judges in Patna High Court, only 31 judges are working. If lower courts are also taken in account, there's 30 per cent shortfall of judges against the total sanctioned strength of 1385.
In lower courts of Bihar, there are 20 million pending cases while 3.5 million are pending in Patna High Court.
With over 1.3 lakhs cases pending in Patna high court alone the pace of justice delivery system is surely crying for attention. The real sufferers are those helpless lots, who are entangled in litigations and for whom this court of law is the only hope forward.
This prolonged justice delivery system has started reflecting in recent rise in crime in the state.
Once crime ridden state, is now getting back on the track, but if the track record has to be maintained, setting the judicial house in order has to be top on agenda.
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