PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 27 -- The Allahabad high court, commenting on the judicial system, observed that real remedial measures such as increasing the number of judges, their supporting staff and infrastructure are the need of the hour, as merely holding conferences and meetings can never ameliorate the situation.

The court made this remark while acquitting a man who had spent approximately 23 years in jail on charges of the gruesome murder of his wife and three children, after concluding that the prosecution's evidence did not conclusively prove that he committed the offense.

The bench, comprising justice Siddharth and justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay, observed that the case was a sad commentary on our criminal justice delivery system and required...