{"id":24156,"date":"2012-10-20T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T05:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=24156"},"modified":"2012-10-20T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T05:30:03","slug":"we-need-more-trial-courts-nhrc-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/we-need-more-trial-courts-nhrc-chief","title":{"rendered":"We need more trial courts: NHRC chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman K.G. Balakrishnan emphasised the need to set up more trial courts so that justice is not delayed.<\/p>\n<p>K.G Balakrishnan said, &#8220;The criminal justice system needs to be corrected to ensure speedy trial by setting up more courts. 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