Delay in justice a major challenge, says CJI Kabir
February 17, 2013 18:43
Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir today said a major problem being faced in delivery of criminal justice was delay 'where the entire process takes almost 15-16 years'.
Delivering Justice P D Desai memorial lecture here on 'Administration of Criminal Justice', Justice Kabir said, "Today a major problem is delay where the entire process, from the time when an offence is registered to the stage of final conviction, takes almost 15 to 16 years."
"I hope everybody involved in the process would perform their duty to expedite the wheels of justice," he added.
"This (delay) is the main thing which bothers judiciary. And because of inordinate delay, sometimes we see angry reaction from public feeling that something should be done immediately," he said while elaborating the challenges in administration of criminal justice.
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