Dehradun, Nov. 5 -- The Haryana government's decision to deal with small offences such as encroachments by vendors, people tying animals on the streets, etc., through warnings and fines, rather than filing cases in courts is a laudable first step towards administrative reform. It will reduce the workload on the already much burdened judiciary, whose inability to deliver verdicts in reasonable time is a major impediment to providing justice. This initiative should be followed up by other measures to unclog the system.
Another such step is the plea bargain system, in which those accused of not so serious offences, but which require jail sentences, to plead guilty and be given lighter sentences. It would be an incentive for those guilty to ac...