Shailesh Gandhi VOICES
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Justice delivery system is headed towards a disaster. Judges must take responsibility. Here’s what they must do
June 22, 2021, 3:00 AM IST
Shailesh Gandhi & Arun Joshi Currently, the number of pending cases in our courts is 446 lakh and by 2022 it will cross 500 lakh. The justice delivery system is hurtling towards a disaster. We…
June 22, 2021, 3:00 AM IST
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RTI Act is being steadily emasculated by spurious use of ‘personal information’ exemption
November 17, 2018, 7:35 AM IST
The right to information is being steadily constricted by gross subversion of the law and Constitution. RTI Act mandates in Section 7 (1) that information can only be refused for exemptions specified in Section 8…
November 17, 2018, 7:35 AM IST
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Don’t need 70,000 judges. Just fill vacancies to cut backlog
May 29, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
Everyone agrees that judicial pendency is a serious problem in India. Most of the suggested big-ticket reforms call for major changes in the way the judiciary and bar function, and a three- to four-fold increase…
May 29, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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When right to information helps the wrong people
April 26, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
Recently, a newspaper reported that an information commissioner of the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission (TNSIC) had likened RTI applications to frivolous public interest litigation. TNSIC officials feel that of late, they have been seeing…
April 26, 2016, 7:00 AM IST
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Justice can be delivered in reasonable time
November 3, 2015, 12:02 AM IST
We have been hearing that the Indian Judiciary would need decades to clear its backlog, unless the number of judges is increased multiple times and certain other reforms brought in. The Indian judicial system has…
November 3, 2015, 12:02 AM IST
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RTI is being sabotaged by not allocating enough resources to make it work
May 19, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
India’s Right to Information (RTI) Act has caught the imagination of people in this country, while being appreciated across the world. A great change has come in India this decade in the power equation between…
May 19, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
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