New Delhi, April 15 -- India's justice system is broken, with cracks in its pillars far from fixed. While India has made steady progress in strengthening the structural capacity of the justice delivery system, the gap between policy and implementation remains, according to the latest edition of India Justice Report 2025 released on Tuesday. The report, which analysed data across the four pillars of justice-police, prisons, the judiciary, and legal aid-showed that the southern states are better at delivering justice even as some shortfalls are visible.

Over 50 million cases are pending in courts, and a significant portion of these cases has been stuck for more than five years. This is further compounded by a shortage of judges, with 33% v...