Right to Speedy Justice for Undertrial Prisoners

Interminable and unjustifiable delays in our criminal justice system are today compromising the basic legal rights of countless thousands of Indians, and imperceptibly corroding the very foundation of constitutional policy based on the rule of law. The manifold increase in the number of undertrial prisoners in the country in the recent past speaks of gigantic nature of the problem of culpable delay. Right to speedy justice for undertrial prisoners, based on government documents/records and empirical research, is the concerted effort to visualist the law at rest (in books) and the law in motion. Divided into six chapters, the book makes a indepth appraisal of the practical working of our criminal justice system, both, in the past and as well as in the present context. The study takes into account the courts, the police system, the prison system, and suggests remedial measures to check the menace of culpable delay. The author also moves to a consideration of Nyaya Panchayat and Lok Adalats so as to provide expeditious and cheap justice at the door step. This outstanding and timely book is an appreciable and noteworthy work in the area of administration of criminal justice system.