Pending Cases

By working through summer, Supreme Court is doing its bit to clear pendency: Govt must also chip in

In a break from tradition, most of India's Supreme Court will be working this summer with 19 of the 28 judges hearing cases over the summer.

Pendency in Indian Judiciary: Why reform needs to start with the lower courts

Of the 30 million pending court cases in India, over 80 percent are in district and lower courts, which are short of about 5,000 (23 percent) judges.

Over 31 lakh cases await the next date of hearing in courts, reveals data

Data says out of the over 2.20 crore cases awaiting disposal across the country, the next date of hearing has not been fixed for over 14 per cent of them.