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Judicial Infrastructure in India

-> State of Judicial Infrastructure in India

- Underutilized Funds: Out of the total funds sanctioned in 2019-20 only around 9% was utilised by a combined five States, rendering the remaining 91.36% funds unused.

- Infrastructure vs Litigation: The total sanctioned strength of judicial officers in the country is 24,280, but the number of court halls available is just 20,143, including 620 rented halls.

- Lack of basic amenities: As much as 26% of the court complexes do not have separate ladies toilets and 16% do not have gents toilets.

- Courtrooms: Only 32% of the courtrooms have separate record rooms and only 51% of the court complexes have a library.

- Skewed Digital Infra: Only 27% of the courtrooms have a computer placed on the judge’s dais with videoconferencing facility.

- Ad-hoc and Unplanned Maintenance: Improvement and maintenance of judicial infrastructure is being carried out in an ad-hoc and unplanned manner.

Therefore there is a need for “financial autonomy of the judiciary” and hence creation of the NJIAI is highly recommended as it will work as a central agency with a degree of autonomy

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