Procedural delay in administration of civil justice a critical study

Abstract

Administration of Justice is always the primary function of every State. The concept of Administration of Justice is prevalent since ancient times. Normally, the concept of Administration of justice is divided into two categories i.e. Civil Administration of Justice and Criminal Administration of Justice. The main object of the civil administration of justice is to ascertain the rights of the parties and the party who suffers from the breach of such rights is to be helped by way of granting appropriate relief. This system is also known as justice delivery system. newlineThe delivery of Justice needs to be speedy and effective otherwise delayed justice amounts to denial of justice. Currently, the administration of Civil under the Indian legal system is going through a critical stage. Present study is limited to the procedural delays in administration of Civil Justice and the reasons and suggestions to improve the administration of Civil Justice. In India, civil rights are enforced through Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. After analyzing the scheme and structure of CPC, the researcher has discuss various procedural loopholes in the CPC proved to be speed breakers in providing speedy justice. During research, it has been found that once the provisions added in CPC for the smooth functioning of Administration of Civil Justice has now days been misused to delay the administration of Civil Justice. With the passage of time, it is necessary that procedural laws should also be amended for speedy and effective administration of civil justice. So in this research work, the researcher has tried to find the reasons for delay in civil disputes and the methods to improve the system for speedy disposal of civil disputes. newline newline