State of judiciary
Posted by justicecorps on March 5, 2007
Sanket S. Kashid, co-founder of Justice Corps, acquired information regarding pending cases in various cases in courts in Maharashtra. Given below, is a letter written to The Times of India and a digital copy of the reply received.
The dismal state of judiciary is quite evident from the findings.
Sanket Sudam Kashid
New Golden nest Complex,
Phase X, ‘A’ wing, Room no. 304,
Bhayander (E), Thane- 401105.
Mob.No. 98699 46890
Date: 01 March 2007.
To,
The Editor,
The Times of India.
Sub: Pending cases in lower courts of Maharashtra.
Sir,
I had applied under Right to Information Act 2005 for the number of courts and pending cases in lower courts of Maharashtra in Bombay High Court. The reply and application is attached to this message.
First I had applied to the Law & Judiciary dept., but they transferred it to the Bombay High Court because they didn’t have jurisdiction. I asked them information about family, consumer, labour, criminal, civil, revenue, human rights courts etc… But Revenue, Consumer and Human Rights courts are not under the control of High Court.
But the number of pending cases is horrible. And I think it should be publish, as this will tell clear picture of lower judiciary in Maharashtra. And still they have not done double shifts in criminal courts. Earlier Justice Corps (JC’s) campaign was against the non-implementation of RTI Act by the Judiciary in Maharashtra, but now it is against the obstacles in the rules framed. Some of the rules that create obstacles in accessing information are:
– Charging applicant Rs. 10 per Xerox copy when central rules keep it to a reasonable Rs. 2,
- Not providing info if it already exists on website, therefore making it difficult for computer-internet illiterate applicants to acquire information, etc.
Yours frankly,
Sanket S. Kashid
Justice Corps – www.justicecorps.wordpress.com
