A reply given by the Supreme Court to an application under the Right to Information Act(RTI Act) has revealed a crucial information.1072 cases relating to bail and suspension of sentence are pending.
Mediation Convention expected to make resolution of corporate disputes efficient
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The Convention, which came into force in September, and is a significant development in international commercial dispute resolution and will surely help India’s case in ‘Ease of doing Business’, said Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam, Singapore’s Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Law.
MUMBAI: As a member of the Singapore Convention on Mediation (Convention), India can play a role in the swift resolution of corporate disputes through mediation, a senior Singaporean minister told ET.
This comes amid the government’s efforts to improve India’s ranking in ‘Ease of doing Business’.
The unrealised potential of judicial data
It can be used to design more efficient caseload management systems, inform resource allocation in courts and improve judicial efficiency December 18, 2020 6:27:48 pm
Judiciary is the last bastion of hope for beleaguered citizens
By Tushar Anand and Karan Gulati
On November 27, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Arnab Goswami. While doing so, Justice D Y Chandrachud lamented the high pendency in Indian courts and observed that National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) statistics are a valuable resource “to monitor the pendency and disposal of cases”. The court directed the Chief Justices of every high court to utilise ICT tools and ensure access to justice. The scope of judicial data is much greater it can be used to design more efficient caseload management systems, inform resource allocation in courts and improve judicial efficiency. Unfortunately, this may not be as easy as it seems.