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Supreme Court Sets Up Panel to Modernise Court Infrastructure Across India

 Justice Debangsu Basak (Calcutta HC), Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra (Punjab & Haryana HC), Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan (Bombay HC)

  • Administrative members:  Director General (CPWD), Secretary General of Supreme Court

  • Purpose:  Identify infrastructure weaknesses; create unified national roadmap for courts

  • Key focus areas:  Modern court complexes, e-Courts initiative, faster case disposal, better facilities for litigants and lawyers

  • Problems to solve:  Overcrowded courtrooms, poor digital infrastructure, delays, aging buildings, shortage of courtrooms

  • Next steps:  Recommendations to CJI → discussion with central and state governments for funding

  • India’s judiciary rank:  One of the world’s largest

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