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April 18, 2025

Poor training weakens an already under-resourced system

The latest Indian Justice Report has underlined a depressing reality evident to most Indians: That the justice-delivery ecosystem mostly fails its citizens. The report, published by Tata Trusts with a consortium of civil society organisations, ranks states on the basis of 24 parameters covering the four pillars of the justice system: Police, judiciary, prisons, and legal aid. Expectedly, it shows wide divergences in performances, with the southern states performing the best on all four pillars. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu rank at the top among the large and mid-sized states, while West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan anchor the bottom of the table. The state rankings may suggest that the higher-scoring states are models when it comes to efficiency, resources, or even achieving social equity. In fact, no state can claim to have an optimally functioning justice system — for instance, Karnataka, the highest-ranked state, scored 6.78/10, a slightly better than average performa

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