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NEW DELHI: Taking a liberal approach in granting relief to convicts, Supreme Court has held that even a life convict can be released on bail during pendency of his appeal if he has a fair chance of getting acquitted in a higher court.Applying this principle, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice Surya Kant has said the growing backlog of cases – 5.4 crore in trial courts, high courts and Supreme Court put together – is a manifestation of deeper structural bottlenecks in the system.The CJI declined to elaborate on his efforts to ensure adequate representation of women and regional representation among SC…
NEW DELHI: Ten years after the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 came into force, a new study by the India Justice Report has exposed how the country’s juvenile justice system is crumbling under the same ills that plague adult courts – massive delays, crippling vacancies and shocking opacity. Children in conflict…
