In a democracy, judiciary has to be effective and speedy.
Nobody can deny the fact that the Indian judiciary is effective.
Nobody, no authority can dare flout any judicial decision and yet nobody can deny the fact that our judiciary is very slow on account of lack of sufficient infrastructure in courts and cumbersome, tiring procedures. But, for this, our judiciary cannot be blamed. The Central and the State Governments do not provide sufficient financial resources to cater to the needs of the judiciary. In the whole country, there is not a single high court which has the full strength of the judges and there is not a single subordinate court in which there is the full complement of judges or magistrates inspite of the fact that the institution of new cases goes on increasing every year and the rate of disposal continues to remain the same. As far as the high courts are concerned, certain guidelines have been laid down by top authorities.