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| Article Name : | | | RIGHT OF SPEEDY TRIAL IN BOOKS AND IN PRACTICE: AN OVERVIEW | | Author Name : | | | Aneeda Jan | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-6365 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | It is well settled that an unreason able delay in the administration of justice constitutes an unconscionable denial of justice. Prolonged trial and delay in justice infringes right to life. Delay in the trial of criminal cases affects not only the accused, victim but society as a whole. Delay in the trial of criminal cases might involve destruction of liberty and annoyance to the occupation of the accused and puts him to undue harassment. On the other hand it results in the failure of criminal justice system to control the retributive tendencies and generally leads to dismay and delusion of the victim and encourages him and the society to take law in to his own hands and thereby recourse to unlawful means to settle scores with the perpetrators of the crime themselves. If the problem of delay and arrears, and pendency in criminal process is not properly addressed the people would lose faith in the ability of process to dispense justice endangering the very existence of the system. | | Keywords : | | - Adjournment,Code of Criminal Procedure,Constitution,Fundamental right,Investigation,Prosecution,Recidivism,Speedy Trial,
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