[eklavya]

Simple, softwares work even though they can have bugs. The judicial system is not perfect with a lot that can be improved. It works because people haven't lost faith in it and almost all disputes reach courts instead of streets.

[sumedh]

> It works because people haven't lost faith in it

You clearly have not dealt with the Indian Judicial system, there are some things in life you need to experience yourself to understand it, Indian Judicial system is one of them.

> almost all disputes reach courts instead of streets.

No, lot of people just give up because they know there is no point in wasting 10 years for the court case to finish. Isn't that the definition of people losing faith?

If maby people dont use your software because its buggy then its really an issue not a feature.

[eklavya]

You shouldn't make such assumptions without knowing about somebody. I have dealt with the judicial system.

> No, lot of people just give up because they know there is no point in wasting 10 years for the court case to finish. Isn't that the definition of people losing faith?

Where are these "lots of people" if the system is drowning in new cases all over the place? The definition of people losing faith in a "corrupt judiciary" would be mass protests, street judgments.

Please don't misunderstand that I am saying the system is without issues (huge problems, time being the biggest like you say) but to insinuate that Indian judicial system is pretty corrupt and/or dysfunctional is hyperbolic.

[sumedh]

> I have dealt with the judicial system.

Then you would be familiar with how corrupt it is.

> Where are these "lots of people" if the system is drowning in new cases all over the place?

They are everywhere, probably some in your family as well who would have told you its better to avoid the justice system.

> The definition of people losing faith in a "corrupt judiciary" would be mass protests, street judgments.

An alternative definition would be people just avoiding the justice system by not going to the court or settle the case themselves using money and muscle.

I dont really understand why you are trying to defend a corrupt system, I get it you are an Indian on HN and you dont like people telling the truth about India but you cannot put your head in the sand.

[eklavya]

> I dont really understand why you are trying to defend a corrupt system, I get it you are an Indian on HN and you dont like people telling the truth about India but you cannot put your head in the sand.

Hmm, ok, I don't to keep on hashing this out. If this is what you understood from my comments, it's unfortunate. India has a corrupt judicial system like anywhere else and trying to paint it like some anomaly in the pool of democratic nations is what I don't understand. Just feeds to the misconception of "shithole country" many seem to hold.

[sumedh]

> Just feeds to the misconception of "shithole country" many seem to hold.

Please dont do this, there is really no need to hide your head in the sand, we literally have people shitting on the streets, why not simply accept that instead of saving face in front of foreigners?

[sateesh]

  > The definition of people losing faith in a "corrupt   
  > judiciary" would be mass protests, street judgments.

Absence of "mass protests" isn't gauge of things are normal. To take an example there weren't any mass protests during Stalin's reign in Russia. Also it is not that there aren't "street judgements" in India, there are many incidences which don't reach the courts. For example despite illegal still there still exists "Khap Panchayats" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khap)