Corruption in Judiciary -Solutions
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Transparency International India
Corruption in Judiciary – Key Root Causes
1. Judges have very high decision making powers vested in them
2. Many times judges fear for the life of their family and their own
3. Judges also want to use their discretionary powers to make money on the side
4. Judges and lawyers pull favours on each other
5. Lawyers try to prolong the hearings to be able to make more money
6. Peons have easy access to files which they misuse after taking bribes
7. Lack of proper protocols for accepting cases in courts
8. There is no fixed time limit for the disposal of a case
9. There is no limit to the number of adjournments
10. Non-performance by judiciary also breeds situation leading to corruption
11. The judiciary does not have any fear of what they are doing
12. Not many examples have been set of corrupt judicial officers being punished
13. No accountability for the judges on quality of judgement
14. The correctness of affidavits is never checked
Corruption in Judiciary - Key Issues
1. Judges in the lower courts come under pressure from ruling political parties as well as few law practitioners who are closely associated with them to get favourable judgements
2. Some judges of the lower court accept money to give favourable verdict to a certain party
3. Advocates can easily get cases adjourned/pushed forward by putting money into the chain
4. Advocates and Public Prosecutor work as conduit for bribing Judiciary in form of expensive holidays, cash etc.
5. Lawyers misguide their clients and keep asking for more money to fight the case
6. In rent control matters, lawyers and judicial staff work hand in glove to take maximum adjournments so that the tenant can postpone the vacating the premises for which they take extra money
7. One could also pay a bribe to prevent the adjournment of a case
8. A lot of money in exchanged with judgements for the judges to use their discretionary powers in granting adjournment, bail and compensation
9. Many times, one also has to pay to get certified document copies, pay for registering suit, complaint as well as petition
10. At the lowest level, peons take money to remove papers from the bundles. more