Of the total sanctioned strength of 24,280 judicial officers in India, there are only 20,143 court halls, including 620 rented premises, and 26 per cent of the court premises have no separate toilets for women and 16 per cent do not even have toilets, while only 54 per cent courts have purified drinking water facility.
NV Ramana
Highlighing major concerns over judicial infrastructure in the country, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday made some shocking revelations, including how almost 20 per cent of the judicial officers in the country don’t even have proper courtrooms to sit.
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Of the total sanctioned strength of 24,280 judicial officers in India, there are only 20,143 court halls, including 620 rented premises, and 26 per cent of the court premises have no separate toilets for women and 16 per cent do not even have toilets, while only 54 per cent courts have purified drinking water facility.
In the computer-era, only 27 per cent of the courtrooms have computers on the judges’ dais with video-conferencing facility, only 51 per cent courts have a library, 32 per cent have a separate record room and only 5 per cent have basic medical facilities, the CJI revealed. “Good judicial infrastructure for courts in India has always been an afterthought. It is because of this mindset that courts in India still operate from dilapidated structures making it difficult to effectively perform their function,” he said.
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