As many as 58.59 lakh circumstances are pending throughout excessive courts. (Representational)
New Delhi:
There are almost 62 thousand circumstances pending in numerous excessive courts, that are greater than 30 years outdated, together with three awaiting disposal since 1952.
In keeping with official knowledge, there are 4 circumstances pending since 1954 and 9 since 1955 in excessive courts.
Out of the three circumstances pending since 1952, two are within the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom and one within the Madras Excessive Courtroom.
Addressing the nationwide convention of district judiciary right here earlier this week, President Droupadi Murmu had known as for a change within the “tradition of adjournments” within the judiciary.
She mentioned long-standing pendency and backlog of circumstances is a giant problem earlier than the judiciary.
“All stakeholders need to discover a answer by giving precedence to this downside,” she mentioned.
As many as 58.59 lakh circumstances, together with 42.64 lakh of civil nature and 15.94 lakh of felony nature, are pending throughout excessive courts.
In keeping with the Nationwide Judicial Knowledge Grid (NJDG), almost 2.45 lakh circumstances are pending in excessive courts that are 20 to 30 years outdated.
Addressing the identical occasion, Regulation Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal had known as for breaking the notion that Indian courts observe the “tareekh pe tareekh tradition”.
He mentioned the regulation ministry has analysed that there have been circumstances pending since 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 years.
He mentioned an evaluation of pending circumstances talked about on the NJDG reveals that events concerned in litigation are both not current or not desirous about taking the case ahead. He mentioned 25 to 30 per cent of such circumstances could be closed in a single go.
On this regard, some excessive courts have taken efficient steps.
Referring to the ideas of ‘ageing evaluation’ and ‘clubbing of comparable circumstances’, he mentioned these have helped settle pending circumstances in a time-bound method.
Greater than 5 crore circumstances are pending in numerous courts, together with district courts, excessive courts and the Supreme Courtroom.
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