While inaugurating the golden jubilee celebrations of bar council of India, the prime minister showed concern to the huge pendency of cases in Indian courts and urged the legal fraternity to devise ways and means of solving the problem. While on one hand it was heartening to note that the chief executive of the country is aware of the problem but equally painful was the fact that instead of the government finding a solution to such a major problem, a problem which nullifies all efforts of the government in fighting corruption and criminality. In fact it is the biggest thorn in improving the citizenry satisfaction index of governance and government.
Corruption mitigation and a war on corruption may have many impediments from unwilling polity to formulate new, effective legislation measures which will be to the detriment of their ulterior motives. A solution to judicial cases' pendency does not require any legislative action but action is needed to fill up all vacant judicial positions quickly and increase the number of vacancies commensurate with the increase in population at all levels of judiciary. Understandably, a large number of legislators may not like this but they are in no position to block this action for it does not require their nod or approval. In the light of all this, the apathy and compulsion on the part of ruling polity to tackle judicial cases' pendency in India is not understood.
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