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Pandemic impact: Pending cases surge at all levels of the judiciary

In a year courts went virtual, pending cases at all levels have seen a large spike, according to a report in The Indian Express. For instance, the backlog of cases in district courts rose sharply by 18.2 per cent between December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2020, according to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), a government platform monitoring judicial data. In the previous year, the increase was 7.79 per cent. In high courts, the rise was 20.4 per cent compared to a rise of just 5.29 per