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Failing justice system a blot on democracy
Understaf ng and poor social representation, including women’s
representation, remain a serious problem in all areas including
policing, judiciary, and prisons.
The India Justice Report 2025, which was released recently, makes a severe indictment of the
country’s justice system and shows how de cient its critical components are. The report has tracked What's Brewing
the performance of states in four broad areas – policing, judiciary, prisons, and legal aid – and found
their functioning seriously affected in many ways. There are problems of understaf ng and lack of
diversity, representation, and infrastructure in all segments of the system. Understaf ng and poor
social representation, including women’s representation, remain a serious problem in all areas
including policing, judiciary, and prisons. The country has only 15 judges per million people, which is
much less than the Law Commission’s 1987 recommendation of 50 judges per million population.
Vacancies in High Courts stood at 33 per cent of the total sanctioned strength while in district courts,
the average workload of a judge is 2,200 cases. No state has met its target on women’s representation
in the police force. Infrastructural facilities are inadequate and these gaps have affected the system
of delivery. Southern states have performed better than the others in all areas but the overall picture 'Were you supposed to perform surgery': Boss
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