The case of the missing judges
1 min read . Updated: 26 Apr 2016, 02:06 AM ISTTo service the legal needs of its people well, India needs 50 judges per million population; that future ideal, however, is distant
In an emotive and blunt speech on Sunday, Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur accused the current government of dragging its feet in filling judicial vacancies. He also made a larger point: to service the legal needs of its people well, India needs 50 judges per million population. Not only is that future ideal distant, the current deficit in judges is itself alarming.
