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Though the judiciary does enjoy operation independence, it remains financially dependent on both central and state governments.

Very few talented lawyers graduate to become judges. As a result, many judicial posts remain vacant.

65% of backlog cases are criminal cases.

Since the disposition of a court case depends upon several stakeholders such as investigative agencies, many reasons for delay might be outside the ambit of the judiciary itself.

Any effort to increase the quantity of cases resolved must not adversely affect the quality and access to judicial process.

Faster economic growth would mean that that the burden on the judiciary would continue to increase.

Make bail more expensive.

Use the bail money on fixed deposits. More

interest on it.

Provision in the constitution to allocate 2% of

the central funds to judiciary compulsorily.

Track judges movements. At least for

Supreme Court judges. This will reduce bribe

intake of the judges.

Void and null the present Rs 1000 notes from

the market and issue new ones. This will

make most of the black money useless as it is

mostly stored in denominations of Rs 1000

Government law college professors should

work in courts, with some perks offered by

the government. The cases they work on in

the courts can be used by them in their

parent university to educate students.

Put all the pending cases online on some

government forum, wherein

lawyers/students can come up with their

version of judgment. If it helps the case,

incentivize them. Also, this might help the

students take up judiciary as a profession.

Strengthen lower court.

High level cases should directly go to

Supreme Court. Definition of High Level

Cases could be made based on how much

money is involved or how many people this

case affects.

More forensic labs. Less bureaucracy to use

them.

Make witness and prosecutors to be present

physically or electronically compulsory unless

the person is not in the mental state to take

accurate decisions.

Instead of travelling all the way to court at

the state headquarters, make them go to the

district courts and be present electronically.

Financially incentivize judges.

Organize nationwide collegiate competitions

for creating awareness of the working of the

Indian Judiciary system.

The judiciary is one of the fundamental pillars of democracy, and in the largest democracy in the world, we must take the judiciary much more seriously than we are now.

The solutions presented, when implemented, will overcome the challenges posed by Manthan, leading to a better judicial system, and hence more trust by the public in them.

The outcome-The judicial department will be financially independant.

More judges.

More efficient in solving criminal cases.

More cases being resolved simultaneously.