I had never thought that outsourcing would enter the judiciary too but the trends seem to be changing. Up till now we had witnessed outsourcing in IT, manufacturing but now even the judiciary too seems to be tempted by it.
This all never happened in India since the time it gained Independence but now you will see transportation, cleaning, security and even stenographers being outsourced. Judiciary seemed to be feeling the pressures of maintaining these services and therefore it is now looking to outsourcing to relieve itself.
Registrars of the high courts stated at a recent meeting in the Supreme Court:
A number of services being rendered by court servants can be outsourced if they are found to be more economical.
The courts were getting bogged down by increased salaries and PF contributions. I feel the decision which will be raising questions would be regarding the outsourcing of stenographers. Anyways everybody seems to be outsourcing then why not the judiciary too.
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The problem is more serious than that. The judiciary is forced to even think about it because it is quite clearly overburdened with the work that the executive branch of the State should have done in the first place. They are cleaning somebody else’s muck, which obviously means they would need more hands.