80 per cent deprived of justice, says Prashant Bhushan

Hyderabad: Senior Supreme Court advocate and activist Prashant Bhushan on Saturday said 80 per cent of the the population was deprived of justice due to the cumbersome judicial process.

 

Alleging that most of the laws were passed by the legislatures without sufficient discussion, he stressed the need for intervention of the judiciary in the affairs of Parliament. He was speaking on judicial reforms in a programme organised by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Criminal Courts Bar Association. 

 

Emphasising the need to reach justice to the doorsteps of the common man, he said there was a need to reform the British colonial laws to suit the Indian system. 

 

Maintaining that the existing system satisfied only corrupt politicians, he said, “If this practice continues, one day the judicial system will collapse.” “Whenever the issue of corruption arises, the Opposition and the governments conveniently get together,” he added.

 

He said “It is unfortunate that the executive is also reluctant to implement orders of the court.” He said the Gram nyayalayas system, which was introduced to function without reference to procedure followed under the CrPC or any other law in the villages, were not functioning effectively due to the adoption of the lower courts’ practice by the presiding officers of village courts.