Nikkei Asia, November 17 report, the Indian commercial court case backlog is seriously hindering overall economic performance. According to a report by the Daksh think tank in India, the Indian commercial court system has a severe backlog of cases with a huge amount of money frozen in various commercial disputes, currently about 24.72 trillion rupees (24.72 trillion, approximately 279 billion USD <$279 billion>) is frozen in various commercial disputes, equivalent to 7.5% of India's GDP for the fiscal year 2024-2025. Analysis points out that the Indian commercial court system has three major problems: first, there is a serious shortage of judges and professionals, with about 350 judges handling 356,000 pending cases, with nearly half of the positions vacant. Second, court members are mostly retired judges or civil servants, lacking the professional knowledge to handle complex financial, technical, or tax issues. A large number of commercial cases involve bankruptcy, debt recovery, corporate litigation, tax disputes, and specialized fields such as electricity and telecommunications. Third, the court management structure is not unified, with different courts being different. Case records are still mainly done manually, lacking a unified digital registration system. There is no independent court committee to oversee judge appointments and establish unified management of the courts. Industry insiders said that inefficient commercial courts severely threaten India's business environment. Delays in case processing will lead to a continuous decline in the value of frozen assets involved, directly affecting the financial sector and the overall performance of the economy. In addition, the complexity of the system allows those with power to use the system to file costly lawsuits to pressure competitors with high costs. Industry insiders suggest that India should quickly establish an institution similar to a ombudsman to resolve disputes. It is worth noting that due to the constraints of the Indian bureaucratic system, related reforms have progressed slowly over the past decade.
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