October 7, 2018

Is Right to Justice a Fundamental Right? I have vague memories that in or around 1995, some foreign judges came to India to study why Supreme Court of India is considered strongest in the world

I have vague memories that in or around 1995, some foreign judges came to India to study why Supreme Court of India is considered strongest in the world and how they evolved "Judges appoint Judges Principle".

They were told how this Principle came about and they were further told by our judges that, "We are working on how we can have access to power to allocate necessary budgetary funds to Judiciary".

Thereafter, I saw no further progress in this direction.

I often wonder if "Right to Justice is a Fundamental Right". Only if it is held to be one of the Fundamental Rights, than only courts get power to enforce it by ordering setting up of suitable number of courts and by ordering appointments of suitable number of judges in proportion to demand for Justice and size of population.

I think this is a huge issue. A large population is involved. Evolution of laws also takes time