“Justice delayed is Justice denied” a legal maxim that highlights and underscores the importance of a speedy trial in the quest for justice. This research paper aims to hunt through the provisions of speedy civil and criminal trials in our country. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the provisions, their constitutional roots, the precedents, and the aims of the judicial system for the furtherance and completion of this goal. This paper also traces the provisions relating to speedy trials in various common law countries and provides a comparative analysis of the problems they’ve faced along with the solutions devised. Through the exploration of various judicial precedents, there is an aim to highlight the important steps that have been taken to fulfill this goal and emphasize the critical role of speedy trials in the justice-delivering mechanism.