Factors affecting efficient discharge of judicial functions: Insights from Indian courts

Efficiency analysis using SBM and PLS-SEM: insights from the Italian judicial system

“…In recent years, significant attention has been paid to improving the judicial system's efficiency, considering different perspectives. Among others, Chen et al (2024) performed an empirical analysis of the productivity growth of mergers in Swedish district courts, and Gupta and Bolia (2024) developed a framework to identify factors that influence the judicial performance of Indian courts. In general, the European Commission (2022a) highlighted that the high average time of legal trials is still a key challenge because the timeliness of the decisions is a prerequisite for the effectiveness of the protection process for each individual.…”

“…Furthermore, CEPEJ (2022) and Filomeno and Rocchetti (2019) suggested including in the evaluation process the degree of litigiousness-which refers to the different inclination of people (or companies) resorting to the judiciary-and the incidence of organised crime. An efficiency evaluation model cannot ignore the characteristics of labour input, and Bełdowski et al (2020), Banasik et al (2022), and Gupta and Bolia (2024) examined several features connected to the determinants of judges, the court support staff and their productivity. As for the Italian scenario, Falavigna and Ippoliti (2023) and Giacalone et al (2020) emphasised the significant heterogeneity characterising the courts distributed across the territory.…”

“…The level of complexity of each case (e.g. full legal process or easily resolved proceedings) was investigated by Bogetoft and Wittrup (2021) and Gupta and Bolia (2024). The involvement of different numbers of lawyers and the degree of specialisation and incentives for judges was proposed by Banasik et al (2022), while Viapiana (2021) and Yeung et al (2022) investigated the involvement of proxies of financial resources for each court.…”