-The Hindu Of the two crore Pending Cases, two-thirds are criminal At the rate at which cases were disposed by India’s district courts last month, India could get rid of all Pending Cases in ten years, an analysis of new official data shows. Six states, however – Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir – disposed fewer cases than were filed during the month, indicating that at this rate,...
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Justice denied: Two charts show the enormity of the crisis of India's justice delayed system -Mayank Jain
-Scroll.in There are more than 2.7 crore cases pending in district courts across the country and 60% of them are more than two years old. Will you stand in a queue that is likely to take 466 years to clear up? That’s how much time it will take the Delhi High Court to clear up its backlog of Pending Cases. Unfortunately, the situation is not so much better in lower level courts...
More »SC launches portal on pendency of cases
-The Hindu The pendency statistics would be updated by district court complexes on a daily basis. Inviting the public to keep tabs on the burgeoning case pendency rates in their local courts, the Supreme Court on Saturday launched the public access portal of the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) district courts in a step towards demystification of the judicial process for the ordinary citizen. With this, the ambitious effort to digitise court system...
More »85% kid abuse cases pending in Delhi courts -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The overall average percentage of Pending Cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) in children's courts in Delhi between April 2013 and March 2014 was 85% with the west district having the highest pendency of about 93%, reports Ambika Pandit. In a shocking finding, the average pendency in Delhi's children's courts during the financial year 2013-14 of cases registered under Protection Of Children...
More »Odisha has over 12 lakh pending court cases
-The Hindu BHUBANESWAR: Odisha is sitting on mountains of pending litigations and court cases as its judicial system grapples with large scale vacancies. The State government on Tuesday said it required at least 391 judicial officers in addition to sanctioned judicators’ posts in High Court and lower courts to clear Pending Cases. As against requirement of further 50 per cent increase in strength, five out of 27 sanctioned judges’ posts in Orissa High...
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