Indian Polity Current Affairs Analysis
The India Justice Report (IJR) 2025 has been released, presenting a comprehensive assessment of the capacity and performance of Indian states in delivering justice.
It is a first of its kind national periodic reporting that ranks the capacity of states to deliver justice
The IJR 2025, initiated by Tata Trusts and supported by several civil society organisations and data partners, tracked the performance of States across four areas — Police, Judiciary, Prisons and Legal Aid.
Parameter: It assesses 4 pillars: Police, Prisons, Judiciary, Legal Aid & SHRCs, using 5 parameters: human resources, infrastructure, budgets, workload, and diversity
Categorization of States: States are categorized as large/mid-sized (>1 crore population) and small (<1 crore) for fair comparison
Overall Rankings: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana top the large & mid-sized states, while Sikkim leads among small states. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha show the most improvement
Tamil Nadu retained its top position in managing prisons, with increased budget allocation and 100% utilisation
Tamil Nadu has among the lowest staff vacancies in prisons nationwide, it stated, adding that with 22 inmates per officer, it has the best officer workload among all large States.
But Tamil Nadu’s rank in policing fell from 3 in 2024 to 13, owing to poor performance on budgetary and training indicators. The report added that T.N. continues to fare poorly in legal aid, dropping from 12th to 16th position with low budgets and fewer paralegal volunteers.