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Will judicial appointment reforms actually reduce case backlogs?
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What happened
India's courts face a significant backlog of pending cases, partly attributed to judge vacancies that take time to fill. Proposed reforms aim to streamline the appointment process for judges, but the underlying causes of delay also include procedural complexity and infrastructure constraints that appointments alone may not solve.
What the evidence says
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Judge vacancy rates in high courts have remained persistently high relative to sanctioned strength.
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Past efforts to speed up judicial appointments have had mixed success in practice.
What's unclear
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Case backlogs are also driven by procedural adjournments and infrastructure limitations, not appointments alone.
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