45-Year Delay in Double Murder Case: Supreme Court Terms It a ‘Failure of the Judicial System’ and Grants Bail:
The Supreme Court has delivered a scathing critique of the country’s legal delays, terming a 45-year pendency in a 1981 double murder case a glaring “failure of the judicial system.” During this extraordinarily prolonged legal battle, both the trial court and the Jharkhand High Court each consumed 22 years to deliver their respective verdicts. Out … Read more