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Overview of the Working Judicial System in India

The role of the judiciary system is to safeguard the laws covered by the

Constitution of India, which is mainly based on the Government of India Act
1935. India has the longest judiciary system which comprises 444 articles, 94

amendments and 1,17,369 words.

Some eminent cases where trial is delayed

Anti-Sikh riots case:
On 31 October 1984, our former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was

assassinated by her bodyguards. It was an after-effect of Operation Blue

Star by the Indian Army at Amritsar’s Golden Temple, which resulted in
heavy damage to the temple. On the PM’s assassination, the angry

public and social supporters in Delhi unleashed brutal violence against

the Sikh community. It took the lives of about 2,800 people and this is
just a rough estimate. The major accused were not prosecuted and are

free till date.

Bhopal Gas tragedy case:

On 2 December 1984, a deadly gas called Methyl Isocyanate (MIC)

leaked from the Union Carbide Factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The
gas was so deadly that it took the lives of about 3,787 people officially

and thousands more unofficially. It is estimated that about 5 lakh people

suffered from this. According to a report in Mother Jones in 2014, about
1.2 lakh people are still suffering from the after-effects of this tragedy.

After years of dragging the case, 7 employees were sentenced to jail,

whereas the Chairman of the company was never produced in Court.
The company escaped from the law by paying `3,200 crores as penalty.

It is to be noted that there are still many families who did not get any
compensation from the company or any other sources.