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The Uphaar Cinema fire case:
On 13 June 1997, a fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema situated at Green

Park, Delhi. The fire, which broke out at the time of a movie screening,

took 59 lives and more than 100 were injured. The case went for about
18 years. And when the judgement came, the Court ordered the convicts

to pay `60 crore to the Delhi Government without a jail sentence.

Nirbhaya gang-rape case:

On 16December 2012, a girl was brutally raped by five men including a
juvenile, in a moving bus in Delhi. On 10 September 2013, four adults

along with the juvenile were found guilty and were convicted of rape
and murder. The Delhi High Court stayed the conviction by the lower

court upholding the guilty verdict and death sentence. The convicts

appealed against the death sentence at the Supreme Court and also to the
President of India. The convicts were hanged to death on 20 March

2020.

Reasons for Delay

There are so many factors that account for the delay in bringing justice to
people in time. Some known factors are:

Non-availability of judges

The intervention of politicians

Lack of evidence

Non-effective investigation

Change in statements by the witness

Corruption

Loopholes in laws

Less use of modern technologies and using more conventional methods