Judicial delay could spark revolt: CJI

The CJI said delays in delivering justice could see people revolting against the judiciary. We cant have backlogs of cases for a long time,people will revolt and the system will crumble, he said.

Lesser number of courts in the country and lack of judges have resulted in a large number of pendency of cases,he said. As many as 2,000 of the 16,000 judges posts in subordinate courts in the country are vacant,he said,while pushing for the number of subordinate courts to go up from 16,000 to 35,000. Under any circumstances,Indian judiciary cannot work unless we have 35,000 subordinate courts, he said. State governments have been dragging their feet on setting up more courts,he added.

The CJI refused to comment on the controversy surrounding Chief Justice of Karnataka P D Dinakaran whose elevation to the Supreme Court has been halted following complaints of illegal land holdings. I have nothing to do with that, he said.