Pendency

Public grievances pendency in Central Secretariat jumps to 71,743 cases

In March, 15,691 public grievances appeals were received and 14,395 appeals were disposed. The Central Secretariat has a pendency of 28,042 appeals at the end of March

Not judges but system at fault, taking steps to improve it, says Rijiju

Voicing concern over the rising pendency of cases, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said it is "not the fault of the judge but of the system", and the government is taking more steps to address the issue. We are moving towards the kind of system that should be there in the country, he said while highlighting efforts to repeal redundant and obsolete laws, improve the infrastructure of courts and equip them with technology. The minister was speaking at a conference on 'Sustainable Development in India: Evolution and Legal Perspective' organised by the Law Commission of India at Mohanlal Sukhadia University in Udaipur. The minister said the number of pending cases has crossed 4.90 crore. It is not a good thing to have so many cases pending in any country or society. It has several reasons... the condition of judges is also bad. One judge handles 50-60 cases in a single day. They dispose of so many cases but the number which comes daily is double. "The common man asks why

SC trashes 13,147 old cases in one stroke to unclog justice delivery system

In a big step towards unclogging the top judiciary burdened with humongous pendency of cases, the Supreme Court has, in one massive sweep, binned 13,147 old "diarized but unregistered" cases, including one filed more than three decades ago. An order issued by Registrar Judicial-1 Chirag Bhanu Singh on Thursday said all these cases were filed more than eight years ago but the defects pointed out by the Registry to the respective counsel or petitioners in-person were not "cured". The cases got the diary numbers prior to the year 2014, and the list included a case filed way back in 1987. These petitions just sat idly in the Registry, adding to the ever growing pendency. As per the data uploaded on the Supreme Court website, there were as many as 70,310 pendig cases as on September 1, 2022. These included 51,839 miscellaneous matters and 18,471 related to regular hearing. The order by the Supreme Court registrar said the parties to the cases seemingly do not intend to prosecute the ..

Set up pilot courts to deal with cheque bounce cases, orders Supreme Court

Supreme court orders establishment of pilot courts presided over by retired judges in five districts of five states that have the highest pendency of cheque bounce cases

Modi raises pendency issue,asks courts to highlight oldest cases

He sought suggestions on making bar, bench and courts tech-savvy by injecting digital technology in their functioning