NewsKarnataka – Bangalore

Bangalore: The delay in appointment and promotion of judges has severely crippled the judicial proceedings in the lower courts of the city.

The State government had abolished 16 fast-track courts in June 2013 resulting in  over 56,000 cases pending in lower courts for the last seven months.

A P Ranganath, the general secretary of Advocates Association, Bangalore (AAB) has confirmed that judges of the fast-track courts were promoted as district judges, but no judges have been appointed in the lower courts giving rise to the problem.

 It is learnt that at least five courts are without a judge and nearly 50 percent of the judges are getting overworked. The pending cases have been increasing and even those arrested for minor offenses are unable to obtain bail, stated A P Ranganath.