
Courts starved, citizens trapped, nation betrayed
Published on: Sept. 29, 2025, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Pioneer
India’s judiciary, long hailed as the guardian of democracy, is today one of its biggest roadblockscrippled by a backlog of over five crore cases, entrenched elitism at the bar and a culture that treats judges as demi — gods rather than public servants. Court vacations, endless adjournments by