CHANAKYA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, PATNA-

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COURT
Submitted by:

Shivalika Kumari

[Link](Hons.), 2359

Semester- 2

Submitted to:

Dr. Pratyush Kaushik

Assistant Professor of English

This rough draft is submitted in the partial fulfilment of the B.A. L.L.B course in ‘Law and
Literature’ course
 DECLARATION BY THE
CANDIDATE
I, hereby declare that the work reported in the [Link](Hons.) Project Report titled “COURT’
submitted at CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY,PATNA is an authentic record of
work carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Pratyush Kaushik I have not submitted this
work elsewhere for any other degree or diploma. I am fully responsible for the contents of my
project.

SIGNATURE OF THE CANDIDATE

NAME- SHIVALIKA KUMARI

ROLL NO- 2359

COURSE- B.A LLB

SEMESTER-02
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I give all the honour and glory to God Almighty, who gave me the grace to complete this
project. I acknowledge with great appreciation, my professor, ‘Dr. Pratyush Kaushik’, for his
guidance and commitment to the success of this work, despite the large workload on his table. I
am grateful sir.

I also appreciate with great joy my parents, the best parent on the face of the planet, who
ensures my success academically. Thank you for your support spiritually, financially and
morally.

I owe the present accomplishment of my project to our CNLU librarians, who helped me
immensely with materials throughout the project and without whom I couldn’t have completed
it in the present way.

I would also like to extend my gratitude to my friends and all those unseen hands that helped me
out at every stage of my project and for accommodating my trouble during the writing period of
this project. God bless you all.

THANK YOU,

SHIVALIKA KUMARI

SEMESTER:02
CNLU, Patna

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

1. The researcher intends to extensively elaborate the actual proceedings of the court.
2. The researcher aims to uncover various dimensions and attributes of the personalities
engaged in the legal profession.
3. The researcher aims to highlight the delay in the functioning of justice system
4. The researcher intend to expose the malfunctioning of the system resulting in the
suffering of downtrodden section of the society.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. HOW THE DISTRICT COURT FUNCTION?
2. WHAT ARE THE DEFECTS IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM?
3. HOW DELAY IN PROVIDING JUSTICE INCREASES THE AGONY OF THE
CONVICT?

HYPOTHESIS
1. The researcher believes that justice delayed is justice denied.
2. The researcher believes that the court at district level aims more on disposing the
matter than providing justice.
3. The researcher believes that the justice provided in the court is a mechanical one.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The researcher through this methodology will be able to get a crystal clear information
regarding the film, in other words, the researcher through this methodology will be able to get
bird’s eye view of the problem in question.

Source of data collection

The researcher will collect data from primary and secondary sources:

Primary source:

1. Court - movie

Secondary source:

1. YouTube reviews
2. Responses given by various known personalities
3. Articles reviewing the film

MODE OF CITATION

The researcher will follow bluebook 20th edition for citation purpose.

LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The researcher has limited time for the project. The historical need and background is also
necessary for having a bird’s eye view of the particular topic and it gets developed only by
effective and extended reading over a long period of time. The researcher has a restricted access
to the various reports and other form of relevant sources but a huge portion of require literature
is not available at the researcher’s disposal due to limited access and paucity of time as well.
But still researcher with his hard work will manage to take out the best possible work.
 INDEX

CHAPTER1- INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER2- PLOT OF THE MOVIE

CHAPTER3- CHARACTERS OF THE MOVIE

CHAPTER 4- MECHANICAL FUNCTIONING OF THE JUDICIAL

SYSTEM

CHAPTER5- REFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE FUNCTIONING

OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM

CHAPTER 6- CONCLUSION
 INTRODUCTION

Many Indian films are greatly inspired by the working of Indian judicial system where the
proceedings are projected to be filled with thunderous drama and emotionally charged speeches,
thrilling arguments and some degree of resolution like the one Sunny Deol made in Damini with
his iconic dialogue ‘taarikh par taarikh’. But the multilingual legal drama film- ‘COURT’ ,
written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane aims to show the audiences the raw and real picture
of the court which is horrifying and a matter of deliberation which would compel the audiences
to question the system of justice as in this movie an aging man was forced to confront the
cruelty of the justice system without his guilt being established. The walls of the Mumbai
Session court clamored in utter ambiguity about the actual mechanical functioning of the court
at this level. Apart from the aesthetics, Court 's plain and unemotional realism 'on stage' partly
originates from the research that Tamhane and his team have conducted behind the scenes. His
intention to give an authentic picture of a trial and especially of the characters involved, is self
declared and he says, even though claiming that he did not want to make a political movie in the
first place, that the politics of the movie is hard to ignore Having chosen a Lokshahir(people's
poet) to stand as the Accused, places one focus on the depiction of the struggle of Dalit Protest

Singers in Maharashtra. The case itself was jaw-dropping in its staidness. The arguments were
routinely filled with jargon, and that jargon may even be irrelevant. For most of its 116-minute
runtime, a resolution appears quixotic.

In this movie, a social activist- Narayan Kamble, is charged for inciting a sewage worker to kill
himself. It is alleged that the manhole worker listened to Kamble’s folk song which compelled
him to commit suicide by inserting himself in the sewer without any safety equipment and died
after consuming noxious gases. On this absurd charge, Kamble is put behind the bars and the
drama of ‘taarikh par taarikh’ begins. But instead of pouring all dramatic ingredients in the
movie, it rather intends to retain the originality of the actual proceedings which is shown as
archaic in nature at the same time it also highlights the various dimensions of the personalities
engaged in this legal profession,giving a glimpse in their personal life and then comparing it
with their formal business. This film also aims to reflect the poor condition of the economically
handicapped and socially marginalized groups. It shows that the people who are diseased with
poverty have no time to lament over the loss of their closed ones as their hunger to survive tends
to override their pain and agony.

Thus, each frame is filled with meaning and as Tamhane said "[the film] actually talks about the
people who comprise the system; the people who run the system and the structural and human
failings in not just the Indian judiciary but any institution, or any kind of a place with power
dynamics."

The Courtroom Drama

The Courtroom Drama, against common perception, has not been confined to Hollywood. There
have been legal films in India ever since the late 1940s when the courtroom was shown almost
as a sacred space of truth and justice in Hindi cinema (Raghavendra 2013). Some examples of
famous Courtroom Dramas would be Aag(1948) by Raj
Kapoor, Kanoon(1960) by B.R. Chopra,
Baat ek Raat ki(1962) by Shankar Mukherjee and more recently Damini (1993) by Rajkumar
Santoshi. Studies on the representation of the legal system in popular culture have shown that
lawyers and the legal system "are often unrealistically misrepresented for the sake of narrative
logic or sheer entertainment, often with lawyers shown as the noble heroes. Besides,
involvement in the story is created with the viewer by specific techniques (cf. e.g. Silbey 2001
for American "trial films").Court, intentionally breaks with these conventions. Tamhane
explains that "When I went to a court session I saw that things were not like what I have seen on
television. He found the sessions were not well organized, there were no microphones and some
of the lawyers were not good [Link] an antithetic aspiration Court  aims at an authentic
representation of a lower sessions court in Mumbai including all oddities. In this sense Court
functions as a parody and corrective of the genre of Courtroom Drama, but is also not the first
movie to do so (Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho from 1984). Regarding involvement of the
viewer,Court  specifically sees to it that a certain distance is maintained. Court  does not take
any character's point of view and the events are rather observed from a distance.
 PLOT OF THE MOVIE

Narayan Kamble is a teacher, social activist and protest singer. He is arrested on the charge of
prompting Vasudev Pawar, a manhole worker who allegedly committed suicide after being
influenced by one of Kamble's protest songs. Lawyer Vinay Vora defends Kamble, who is tried
in the court and granted bail. Kamble admits to have sung several songs about suicide, but
cannot remember if he sang any on the day of the suicide. He also denies any intention to
provoke someone to commit suicide. A witness testifies that he saw the manhole worker singing
Kamble's song.

In the next hearing of the case, the investigating officer links Kamble with an incarcerated man,
Ashwin Bhagat, through a letter, accusing them of planning illegal activity in the city. Vora
explains to the court that Bhagat was requesting Kamble to take care of his ailing mother while
he was in jail. Nutan, the public prosecutor, informs the court that Kamble possessed two
banned books. Vora replies that one book is on Yoga and the other one is a critique of certain
rituals of the Goyamari sect. Vora is later beaten by some Goyamaris.

Pawar's widow confesses in court that her husband used to clean the manholes without any
safety equipment and had lost one eye from exposure to poisonous sewer gases. She further
confesses that he was also an alcoholic, but never talked about committing suicide. She denies
his intentions of suicide or having heard Kamble's name before. Vora reads the autopsy report
which indicates Pawar died as a result of respiratory failure due to inhalation of hydrogen
sulphide, with no sign of self-harm. He also says that the witness who testified against Kamble
is a stock witness who has been testifying in several other cases.

Considering Kamble's deteriorating health and the lack of evidence, Kamble is granted bail in
the amount of ₹100,000 (US$1,400), which Vora pays on his behalf. Kamble is then
subsequently arrested on charges of conducting seditious camps under the cover of folk-artist
workshops, and is remanded to police custody. Kamble claims the charge and the evidence
against him are fabricated and Vora pleads to reconsider the arrest as it will pose a severe risk to
Kamble's health; the judge tells Kamble to appeal to the High Court. Later, the judge is shown
enjoying a holiday with his family.
 A COMPARITIVE SKETCH OF THE
.
ROLE PLAYED BY THE ACTORS

Kamble and the Lokshahirs

The character of Narayan Kamble  as the Accused is the central figure of representation of the
struggle of Dalit Protest Singers in Maharashtra and India as a whole. Kamble speaks only
through the lyrics of the songs, one performed at the beginning at a gathering against the
fictional Wadgaon Massacre (which is possibly a reference to the Khairlanji massacre
from2006) and one after the first trial is over, at a cultural evening otherwise he is answering
questions during the second court session when examined by Nutan. All these three speech acts
are important for understanding his character. In the very beginning, Kamble  is introduced as
an old respectable man, giving tuitions to children in his home. Only the glimpse of a red flag
on the way to the bus stop gives us a clue of a politicized environment. Then he appears on the
stage, Ambedkar’s photo behind indicating his belonging to the Dalit Ambedkarites. 

The powada (~ballad he sings, "Dushmanaala Jaan Re" (Time to know your enemy), makes
use of a very strong language describing an enemy which he calls Satan clearly naming that he
is against religion, caste, racism and nationalism: "Religious jungles, Casteist jungles, Racist
jungles, Nationalist jungles " These issues have been featured in Dalit Protest Poetry in
Maharashtra since the foundation of the Dalit Panthers movement in 1972, brought to life by the
poet-activists Namdeo Dhasal and Daya Pawarn Kumar. Deconstruction of culture, religion,
mythology and history became the focus after the 1990s Kamble's powada continues: "On this
deathly night, we lose all our senses, Hands bruised and burnt..., Hands bruised and burnt, Get a
gift of boiling wax, Time to know your enemy, Time to know your enemy..." The bruised hands
here might refer to the physical labor that many lower class Dalits are doing. In abusive
working contexts punishments for workers and maids often include being burned with a
cigarette or wax. In this sense the song is pointing to the employers, being upper castes and
upper class, as the enemy. This reveals some more of the explosive qualities of the song's
material. In all these terms we might say Court  is a very accurate representation of the
Lokshahirs and their situation. In the second of seven court sessions of the movie, Kamble is
examined by public prosecutor Nutan When she, after having questioned him for some times
about his political activities in the past, asks him: "Tell me this... 'Manhole workers, all of us
should commit suicide by suffocating inside the gutters.' Did you perform a song with this
theme on that day?" He answers:"No. - Okay then have you written such a song ever? - Not yet.
– So you might? - You don't mind writing such a song? Here Kamble  is shown as
uncooperative and provocative by adding the unnecessary "yet". His power, protest and
resistance however stays within the boundaries of words and art, again shown in his second
performance at a cultural
printing [Link] second powada "Dhanya Dhanya Tumhi Sarkar"(How Blessed You
Are, O Lord) functions as a response to the trial. The addressed "Lord,"critically reminiscent of
religious invocation, most of all represents the state apparatus. The powada goes: "O Lord, our
master, O Lord, our master, With one shot of your gun, The best of people are dawned, Down in
the dumps", referring to the case of Vasudev Pawar who eventually died due to bad working
conditions as allowed by the state. That these conditions, specifically the lack of proper
equipment etc., are found in real life.

PUBLIC
PROSECUTOR

As Kamble is protesting against the state,

casteism, racism, religion and nationalism,
we need to ask how are these represented in
Court ? As in every trial, the state as a party
is represented by the public prosecution, in our case by the character of  Nutan. Of
course, Kamble in court is also represented by his lawyer Vinay Vora, there was a gap yawning
between the classes which both of them stand for. Nutan first appears within the courtroom
when reading out the bill of indictment. The argument presented by her about why it must
have been a suicide: "No manhole worker, with an experience of doing the job for five years,
like the deceased, would go inside the sewers without any kind of protection to eyes, nose, or
skin" echoes like a scorn to the all viewers who know about the worker's conditions in real life
and finally to the whole audience after hearing the witness statement by Vasudev Pawar 's wife
in the fifth court session It becomes clear that the case is fabricated in order to bring damage to
or to silence Kamble. But while the movie assert that protest singers face obstacles by the state,
the plot is far away from suggesting conspiracy. While the audience is left in darkness about
who might exactly be behind the arrests the police officer rather seeming clumsy, not eloquent,
possibly following somebody's orders, Nutan  just seems to be devoted to protecting the
sovereignty of the Indian state and the nation's penal code which she never questions. "It is the
law it is there", is her answer to Vora's proposal of reconsidering the validity of laws dating
back the colonial times. In the second trial she pleads, quoting from the law book without
adding an own statements, that "The intent of Kamble's activities i.e. conducting workshops for
young people and so on, is to threaten, or likely to threaten, the unity, integrity, security,or
sovereignty of India .

Court. gives the explanation for her decisions in the courtroom by showing us her private [Link]
one sequence we see that after work she is a housewife and a dutiful mother, in a somewhat
patriarch setup where she is responsible for the kids, the household, cooking and so on, her
going home by train indicates that she belongs to the lower middle class using public transport.

The second sequence about her family activities is even more crucial in order to understand her
rather conservative positions. After eating in a restaurant Nutan and her family go to see a
drama performance in a local theatre. Perhaps the gallery of ancestral portraits in the theatre's
stairwell is supposed to give a hint to the audience about the coming representation of
local patriotism .The following play of which we get to see only the final is devoid of any
subtlety about its nationalism or regionalism. The audience that Nutan is part of applauds to the
final speech directed towards non Marathi immigrants:"Come. You immigrants! First, you took
our jobs from us. Then you took away our land. And now you want our daughters as well? Get
lost! Get lost! Go! These immigrants tend to mistake our grace for our weakness. But if pushed,
This Marathi man can easily show them who is the boss in this city."

Politics Concealed in Art

To be able to properly understand this reference one has to look into Mumbai's political history.
Since,1985 the mayors of the city have almost continuously been appointed by the Hindu
nationalist-party Shiv-Sena that even ruled in the state government for  one
legislative period after [Link] party came into life and took root among workersand the
"petty bourgeoisie"(could Nutan fall in this category?) during the 1950s and 60s
when"Maharashtrians, limited to manual labor and domestic service, carried no weight
compared to Gujarati,Sindhi, and Parsi entrepreneurs, Marwari and Punjabi merchants, Tamil
administrators, qualified labor from Kerala, or even in comparison to artisans and restaurants
owners (Muslim or Hindu) from AndhraPradesh and Karanataka. The native language was
looked down upon and employment prospects were seen as dismal,"

 Since then it has spread propaganda against immigrants from other Indian states, Muslims and
Dalits. The party's members have largely been involved in violence especially against Muslim
minorities namely in the killings in January 1993. The founder Bal Thackeray was also known
for his anti-Dalit rhetoric trying to win the sympathies of the uneducated and disgruntled youths
(Maitreya 2014). Later on Dalit leaders also co-opted with the Shiv Sena which rather weakened
the Dalits voice, but their situation did not change. "Dalits have faced a number of atrocities
simply because of their assertion against feudal/caste/Hindutva forces in villages or even in
urbanised settings". As we can see, the complex political atmosphere in Mumbai is not straight
forwardly addressed in Court  but rather foreshadowed.

Hindu Nationalism appears in a theatre play and the Dalit protests as well are purely
shown from the perspective of artists not featuring any elements of violence or political
propaganda that is another part of reality. The film made a deliberate choice of repertoire,
embedded all the politics in a space of art,the Dalit Protests in the music and the nationalism in
the theatre play. Art can always seek refuge in its self-reference. Court  is probably one of the
more holistic representations of reality in the sense that it considers systemic factors and
accounts for the fact that the majority of people is more passive, reactive and unaware, rather
than proactively political or radical. Now taking all the factors together, Courts engagement
with the Indian legal system in a slightly humorous way, its authentic representation of Protest
Music deeply rooted in traditional culture, and most of all the mirror function which the movie
carries out in the sense that viewers would be able to recognize themselves in it, could account
for the movies success. I would go so far as to say that Court eventually creates a space beyond
politics for reflection and self-awareness in the mind of the Indian (and International) viewer.
 DEFENSE
LAWYER

The defense lawyer Vinay Vora is

sophisticated modern,comfortable bachelor whose highly developed social conscience animates
him to take cases such as this one. In the courtroom, he does his best to give his client a fair
hearing but seems appalled by the weakness of the case against the folksinger and
"untouchable." Vora is an example of "modern India" who purchases Western cheeses and
wines in an upscale store and then joins a friend at a bar where an Indian singer performs
material with an international flavor. The defence lawyer is a Gujarati and speaks Gujarati
language. The Marathi lawyers for the prosecution speak in Marathi and English. Since Vinay
Vora does not understand Marathi, they speak with him in Hindi. While arguing his case, on his
way to defend his client he stated about a book that was a critique of certain rituals of the
Goyamari sect due which he faced mental and physical torture, his face was blackened by some
Goyamaris. This incident reflects the atrocities that a defense lawyer has to face but even after
this event he didn’t step back from the case he was dealing and that display his commitment to
his client.
Therefore,The director humanizes both lawyers, refusing to make Vora into a snob or Nutan
into a cold fish. The defense attorney exudes empathy, and the prosecutor is a true believer in
maintaining the status quo.

THE JUDGE

Judge Sadavarte looks

into the nitty-gritty of case
and also believes in
numerology and certain
gems with health benefits.
Incidentally, one retired
judge, who handled a
prominent case, also believed in numerology and convicted a certain number of people for the
same reason. The judge is shown enjoying a holiday with his family. The movie ends by
showing how the judge is drowsing and the children are trying to wake him up the display of
this act was nothing but a symbolic representation of Indian Judiciary which is mechanically
functioning at district level and who ever tries to waken this system is shunned off .

SHARMILA PAWAR- WIDOW

OF THE MANHOLE WORKER
All other roles are played by non-professional actors whose lives in ways resemble the
characters' Vira Sathidar playing Kamble is an activist in real life (Nagpaul 2015) and Usha
Bane playing Sharmila Pawar, the widow of the manhole worker that is said to have been
motivated into suicide by Kamble's songs, is not only a widow but had undergone trial as well
(Dixit 2016). In this sense Court seems to be crossing the limits of purely pro-filmic reality. Of
course it is not showing a filmic reality as in a documentary as well, but the lives of the actors
and the characters do overlap much more than usual. Sharmila was a living example of poverty
as she was more worried about her means of livelihood than gaining justice for her husband.
The movie clearly show that the poor and downtrodden sections of society are least bothered or
rather unaware about their rights as the biggest battle with which they grapple each day is to
arrange their two time meal.

Unique point about Court is how it weaves in Marathi Dalit Protest music as performed by the
Lokshahirs. The songs in Court were written by real life Lokshahir Sambhaji Bhagat.
 MECHANICAL FUNCTIONING OF THE
JUDICIAL SYSTEM

The Judicial system at district level functions like a machine, within the restricted time period it
attempts to dispose as many cases as possible, in other words the main focus of this system is to
get rid of the cases than aiming to provide justice. In the movie COURT, it is observed that
there were too many cases to be dealt and each case was given a limited time for discussion.

The movie also highlights the rigidity of court rules which was given utmost priority as the
Judge denied to consider the case of a woman who wore a sleeveless dress even after so many
request and pleadings the court gave importance to the rigid rules than delivering justice which
is the first duty of a judge. This incident compelled the viewers to contemplate that what is more
preferable in the eyes of law the delivery of justice or firmly sticking to the rules and
regulations of the court.

The witness seemed to be one of the stock witnesses who are often given commission to give
false and artificial answers as he had delivered his prepared dialogue in the court just like a
parrot and the inspector in charge was basically working on the order of the people in power
and was intentionally trying to fabricate the evidences so that the actual culprits who were
responsible for the lack of proper equipments and safety measures could be protected and the
burden was levied on Kamble. It shows how corruption acts as a barrier in the functioning of
judicial system due to which the actual culprit go unnoticed by the court and as a result the
commoners are the real sufferers. and even if the actual culprit is found the sufferings that has
been undergone by Kamble cannot be erased as the accused in the trial suffer the most when
justice is delayed,the case was often postponed and the next hearing date was given to consider
the matter and in all these engagements the crux of the story is that the family of the manhole
worker never got the desired justice.

This movie clearly gives a message that Justice delayed is justice denied which simply means
that if justice is not carried out right away timely, then even if it is carried out later it is not
really justice because there was a period of time when there was lack of justice. Justice is
something meant to be handled at the present [Link] justice system there can be no
state worth the name . It is rightly called the shield of innocence and the guardian of civil
[Link] is so because,like Martin Luther King said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere.” So, in someone delays something as important as justice knowing that injustice is
a threat to it then that person is contributing in miscarriage of justice.
 REFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
FUNCTIONING OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM

 Lord Devlin is believed to have said: “If our business methods were as antiquated as our legal
system, we would have become a bankrupt nation long back”. How true, in our context.

The time has come,” the walrus said, “to talk of many things”. One of them is the necessity of
reforms in India’s justice delivery system. Despite the plethora of documents, the inefficient
justice delivery system has only become more inefficient. To redress the situation, we need to
have a bottom-up approach. The principal problem is with the district courts where lakhs of
litigants come into contact with the justice delivery system. Unless the problems of these courts
are addressed, other temporary changes and ad hoc reforms at the Supreme Court and high
courts will have no bearing on the system, and the average litigant will continue to suffer “the
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”

Here are some suggestions to improve the legal system:

First, improve the district courts. A high-level team must visit each district court to ascertain
what is lacking in terms of infrastructure and facilities. It would surprise many to know that
many court halls and rooms for the registry have not been whitewashed for several years.
Broken windows, chairs, shelves and almirahs can be found across most.

Second, identify the number of pending cases and the status of each case,judges know the
number of pending cases, but not their status. During a discussion organised by the National
Judicial Academy, Bhopal, it became clear that a large number of criminal cases are being
shown as pending because of inadequate or insufficient responses from the prosecution. With
some assistance, such cases can literally  be disposed of in a matter of minutes.
Discussions must also be held with district court judges to appreciate the bottlenecks they
encounter in their day-to-day functioning and to understand their needs with a view to ease their
high-pressure assignment. Some people tend to postpone decisions, but judges cannot afford do
so and must decide several requests and cases every day.

Third, case and court management must be encouraged and embedded in the justice delivery
system. (Case management is a comprehensive system of management of time and events in a
law suit as it proceeds through the justice system, from initiation to resolution).Our
policymakers seem to have an impression that because of the sheer volume of pending cases, it
is not possible to devote time to case management. But this is not true. During a lecture
delivered at the Delhi Judicial Academy, a federal judge from the United States who practised
case management informed the judges that he started with about 3,000 cases in his jurisdiction
and in three years reduced this number to about 300. Perhaps none of the judges in the district
courts (other than magistrates) have such a large number of cases on their docket. It is possible,
therefore, through effective case management, to reduce the workload to manageable limits.

Thus, “Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again.”
(Andre Gide). A beginning can be made (again) today, and with the “nudges” suggested by
several organisations in the India Justice Report.
 CONCLUSION

In this project work, the various details of the movie have been minutely discussed. It unfolds
the social political and economic aspect of varied section of society and their personal struggle
to tackle their problem. This movie is an eyeopener and let the viewers to peep inside one of the
branch of Judiciary( courts at district level) and the explicit their functioning and loopholes.

This movie clearly justifies the statement- justice delayed is justice denied and indicate that
the cycle dates and postponement ultimately leads to the overburden of cases. The movie gives
a very unattractive and raw image of the courtroom filled with crowd and confusion and in such
an environment we can only expect the mechanical functioning of judicial system.

Therefore, this Oscar nominated movie is true display of the actual courtroom drama.

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