The author is aghast that while the Finance Minister has been generous in providing funds to the other sections of society, he has totally overlooked the judiciary. He implores the Government not to ignore the judiciary and warns that unless financial independence is given to the judiciary, judicial reforms are not possible.

While preparing the budget for our country the Hon’ble Finance Minister made a sincere attempt to satisfy all sections of society, for which he deserves to be congratulated. However, two important areas, which escaped the attention of Hon’ble Finance Minister is allocation of fund to judicial reforms and accountability on implementation of budget allocation.

1. Judicial Reforms

Judiciary is guardian of our democracy. The common man has faith in the temple of justice. Only one criticism against the judiciary is that there is delay in disposing of the matters. Delay in disposal of matters are not on account of judges fault, it is only due to shortage of judges and lack of infrastructure. When world is becoming one global village, the judiciary also requires to keep pace with modern technology. The judiciary is neither having any political lobby to take up the cause of judiciary with the government when the allocation of fund is required to be made for modernisation and innovation nor they can make representation to Government. Therefore, it is very essential for the Government to allocate in each years budget a specific amount for the research in law and modernisation of judiciary.

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