New Delhi, June 17 -- Imagine a small shop owner, Sunita, waiting five years for a district court to resolve a simple lease dispute. Consequently, she is unable to expand her business, which adversely affects her future.

Now multiply her story by 45 million, the number of cases clogging India's district courts. What if these delays aren't just inconveniences but a silent economic haemorrhage, draining about 0.5% of India's GDP annually, or roughly Rs.1.5 trillion? What if fixing our 'first centre of justice' could spark an economic and social transformation?

These aren't hypotheticals; they're urgent realities facing India's judicial system and our country's economic future.

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