India 2011: Still chaotic, still promising
BY ALB |
Despite all the dragon-and-elephant comparisons between China and India, Asia’s rising superpowers, the truth is that the two countries could not be more different.Whereas China prides itself on its uncompromising efficiency and clinical growth, India is more often than not perceived as loud, colourful and messy, mired in scams and scandals, and with individual achievements usually tending to happen in spite of the existing system, instead of because of it. The legal sector, then, is not vastly different:
despite the cumbersome nature of the judicial system (it is estimated that the current backlog of cases will take several decades to clear, if matters are disposed of at the current rate), much progress is happening, be it through the efforts of judges, lawmakers and governmental bodies, or through the perseverance of individuals and entities rising above the chaos and the din. And yet, as always seems to be the case in India, much work needs to be done.