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[2] [3] [4] 4.5 crore out of 5.1 crore cases, i.e more than 87% cases are pending in district courts as of 2024. [2] Government itself is the biggest litigant having 50% of the pending cases being sponsored by the state. [5] [6] Land and property disputes account for the largest set of pending cases. About 66% of all civil cases in India are ...
At the current rate, it would take 300 years for the courts to resolve current cases. [57] Many people have cases pending for decades. [57] As of May 2022, India has a sanctioned strength of 25,628 judges with 4.7 crore(47 million) cases pending in judiciary. The legal maxim justice delayed is justice denied is honored only in the breach. On ...
Rape. Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. [1][2] According to the 2021 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 31,677 rape cases were registered across the country, or an average of 86 cases daily, a rise from 2020 with 28,046 cases, while in 2019, 32,033 cases were registered. [3]
Incidence of cognisable crimes in India 1953–2007. [6]A report published by the NCRB compared the crime rates of 1953 and 2006. The report noted that burglary (known as house-breaking [7] in India) declined over a period of 53 years by 79.84% (from 147,379, a rate of 39.3/100,000 in 1953 to 91,666, a rate of 7.9/100,000 in 2006), murder has increased by 7.39% (from 9,803, a rate of 2.61 in ...
The Supreme Court of India (ISO: Bhārata kā Sarvōcca Nyāyālaya) is the supreme judicial authority and the highest court of the Republic of India. It is the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India. It also has the power of judicial review. The Supreme Court, which consists of the Chief Justice of India and a maximum ...
Charges. Alleged gang-rape, destruction of evidence, conspiracy and aggravated sex (under IPC and Pocso Act) On 4 April 2022, a 14-year-old girl was raped in Hanskhali of Nadia district, West Bengal, India. The main accused are Brojogopali Gayali and his friends. Notably they are associated with TMC.
Capital punishment in India is a legal penalty for some crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Indian Penal Code, as well as other laws.. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution per Section 354(5) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 is "Hanging by the neck until dead", and is imposed only in the 'rarest
The concept of public interest litigation (PIL) is suited to the principles enshrined in Article 39A [a] of the Constitution of India to protect and deliver prompt social justice with the help of law. Before the 1980s, only the aggrieved party could approach the courts for justice. After the emergency era the high court reached out to the ...