CBC News / by Salimah Shivji

Backlog of cases in country’s courts would take several hundred years to clear, experts say
The frustration and weariness crept into Sanjay Goel’s voice as he stared at the giant stack of handwritten court documents in front of him.
He was on one of his countless visits from Vancouver to Mumbai, India, to fight for justice in the brutal killing of his mother and was struggling to describe the excruciating delays in criminal court proceedings.
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Mumbai activist Sudhir Dhawale is familiar with the pain of waiting for a judgment. 
He sat in jail for 6½ years, two of which were in solitary confinement, waiting for bail. 
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