B. S. A. SWAMY, J.

( 1 ) IT is horrifying to note how lightly and mechanically, the trial in the criminal cases and cases relating to payment of compensation are being conducted by the counsel appearing on behalf of the prosecution as well as the claimants and counsel for the insurance companies, who are considered the custodians of public money. The manner in which the proceedings are being conducted, reflects the poor state of legal expertise of the counsel and is worse than the justice administered by village elders. The police are not taking minimum care in investigating the crimes to bring home the guilt of the accused and the prosecutions are being conducted for statistical purposes, than to control the increasing crime rate. In the cases filed for payment of compensation, also no care is being taken by the counsel appearing for the parties to protect the interests of their clients. They are neither marking the relevant documents nor examine the proper persons to prove their cases. The Judges are also giving compensation at their whims and fancies without reference to the law laid down by the superior courts and applying their mind, i. e. , whether evidence produced by the cl

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