Tata Trusts launches 2nd edition of the "India Justice Report"
Justice Madan Lokur, former Supreme Court Judge to give a special address.
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#IndiaJusticeReport2020: Srinath N, Tata Trusts renders opening remarks.
Chief Editor of the Report, Maya Daruwala gives an overview of the report.
Druwala says the aim of the report was to assess the capacity of each State to deliver Justice.
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#IndiaJusticeReport2020: The launch event is also being streamed live on
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Maja Daruwala: We found that in most areas - vacancies, number of undertrials, overburdening of courts etc. - they remained very much as they are.
Only 30% of prisoners were convicts, the study showed, Daruwala points out, among other findings.
Last year the report had been confined to broad suggestions, but this year specific suggestions have been made since there has been a pandemic, Daruwala says.
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