SC seeks details from states on funds made available by Centre

Inadequate judicial infra: SC seeks details from states on funds made available by Centre HEARING A matter which highlighted the issue of lack of adequate judicial infrastructure in the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked state law secretaries to furnish details of funds received under centrally sponsored schemes and the amount which has been disbursed by state governments for the State and District judiciary from 2017-18 to 2021-22. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant, which perused a note submitted by Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj on the position of infrastructure and availability of judicial officers in the states/Union Territories, also asked the law secretaries to explain in an affidavit within four weeks, the amount which remains to be provided to the State and District Judiciary or was diverted for other projects as well as details of the utilisation certificates. [Read More]( If you would prefer not receiving our emails, please [Click Here](