India Justice Report 2025

Article Title: India Justice Report 2025

17-04-2025

Current Events Current Affairs Analysis

The India Justice Report 2025 revealed that no State/UT has met its own reserved quotas for women in the police force.

About India Justice Report 2025:

iWhat it is?

A national ranking assessing capacity of States/UTs to deliver justice across four pillars.

iiReleased by

Tata Trusts in collaboration with partners like CHRI, DAKSH, Vidhi Centre, TISS-Prayas etc.

iiiAim

To promote data-driven reforms by evaluating states on justice delivery using official government data.

ivCriteria

Ranks states on Police, Judiciary, Prisons, Legal Aid, and Human Rights Commissions, based on 5 filters: Human Resources, Budgets, Infrastructure, Workload, Diversity

Positives Highlighted in IJR 2025:

iSouthern states dominate

iiIncreased gender representation

iiiImproved case clearance

ivTech adoption in judiciary

vPrison Management Excellence

viWomen Quota Unmet

viiInfrastructure Gaps in Police

viiiLow Legal Aid Spending

ixSevere Judicial Backlog

xPrison Overcrowding & Undertrial Crisis

Suggested Reforms:

iGender-Inclusive Recruitment

iiUpgrade Police Infrastructure

iiiJudicial Staffing and AIJS

ivRevamp Legal Aid Delivery

vPrison Decongestion

viPerformance-linked Justice Budgets

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