Research Foundation for Governance in India
[1] RFGI’s definition of governance is based upon the one given by the European Commission: The Foundation is a non-partisan and independent organization which does not support any ideology, specific candidate, or party.
RFGI is a think tank in the area of law and governance, with the idea of having citizenry, and especially youth, be more aware and participative to the legal processes in the country.
The objective of the Foundation is to help create strong processes of governance and an awareness of citizenry, primarily through seeking reforms in the legal and political arena by involving youth from different spheres.
Two of the recommendations which stemmed from the seminar are already in the stage of implementation: The Foundation gets directly involved with Government projects and initiatives through its consultancy work.
She is a practicing lawyer with degrees from the Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar and the London School of Economics, United Kingdom.
[31] At the same time, it is desirable that the students from five-year as well as three-year colleges are adequately trained to best contribute to the profession and are ultimately working towards an efficient justice-delivery mechanism which will help society.
After the completion of the white-paper, the recommendations will be taken through a volley of round-table discussions with prominent people and opinion makers and finally culminate with publication of the same.
RFGI hopes that by implementing recommendations that help attract bright young people to the profession of litigation, many of the issues facing the Indian legal system will improve.
In the future, the aim is to create an evolved system with citizens having more faith in political parties, primarily derived from RFGI's proposed new model of meritocracy and fairness in all aspects, be it office bearers, ticket distribution etc.
A White Paper would be published on this research idea, taking it through a volley of round table discussions with prominent people and opinion makers and finally culminate with a grand seminar to raise awareness on this issue.
The paper focuses on the Human Resource issues pertaining to Law and Medicine, particularly, on the entry requirements, professional qualifications, ethics and the population to provider ratios.
The main idea behind having them was to improve access to justice at local levels, and ease the burden on the regular courts due to millions of petty cases that clog up their scare resources, awaiting settlement.
Lok Adalats provide a speedy, arguably fair and deliberative form of dispute settlement, drawing on traditional methods of conciliation where the presiding judge – who is an experienced adjudicator with legal acumen and a record of public service – brings about an understanding between the claimants, and settles the cases as compromise between the two sides.
Given this context, the research project aims to explore the efficacy and efficiency of Lok Adalats and test their accountability to the common Indian citizen.
