In India Justice from courts is a very very long battle. Classic case is the Nirbhaya.
Nirbhaya episode occurred on December 2012 and as on January 2020 mercy petition is filed.
Nirbhaya's mother rightly questioned:
Soon after the court issued directions to the Tihar jail authorities, Nirbhaya’s mother started crying. "But what about our rights," Asha Devi asked. "The court has given them [convicts] to time to seek remedy. The court is only looking at their [convicts] rights and not ours. There is no guarantee that a judgment will be given on next date of hearing," Asha Devi told news agency ANI.
When courts speak about importance of human rights to the accused and cases get dragged for over 20 years the following statement is made by a victim's representative i.e. Ms Neelam Krishnamootrhy (Upahaar cinema episode*):
"If I had to do it all over again, I would just pick up a gun and shoot the guys who were responsible for my children's death. I would not like to go through this trauma. After killing them, I can kill myself so I don't suffer. As simple as that."
I don't know about court status outside India.
In India it seems part of the below quote (marked bold) is in play:
Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely. - Judge Learned Hand
Lawyers will not be unhappy with dragged court cases, the reason is:
Lawyers will, as a rule, advance quarrels instead of repressing them. Moreover, men take up that profession, not in order to help others out of their miseries, but to enrich themselves. It is one of the avenues of becoming wealthy and their interest exists in multiplying disputes. It is within my knowledge that they are glad when men have disputes.
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* - To know why victim's representative made the above statement please read Upahaar cinema episode.
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