pending cases
‘Over 22L decade old cases pending in courts’
Of these, 5,97,595 or nearly 5.97 lakh cases are civil in nature and 16.92 lakh (16,92,769) are criminal in nature.
Arbitration may help reduce backlog of pending cases: Justice Kurian Joseph
Justice Joseph also advocated setting up new courts and appointment of more judges to deal with the pendency of cases.
Everyone is bound to follow rule of law: Chief Justice of India
The CJI said this addressing the 46th All-Odisha Lawyers’ Confer-ence here on Friday.
6 lakh cases pending in high courts across India
The Bombay HC leads the list with 1,29,063 pending cases.
Pending cases go down in SC and HCs; lower courts see rise
The lower courts with an approved strength of nearly 20,000 judicial officers is short of 4,937 judicial officers.
Govt will help judiciary to reduce pendency of cases, PM assures CJI
He asked the people working on startups to bring about innovations to strengthen the judicial system.
2.81 crore cases pending in district courts, highest in UP, Maha
The SC has in reports suggested to increase the judicial manpower by at least seven times to overcome the crisis.