What Is Stopping Our Justice System From Tackling the Cases Pending Before Courts?
Data shows that over the last 15 years, there has been an astounding increase of about 14.2 million cases pending in high courts and district courts â an increase of almost one million per year.
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This is the second article in a two-part series on issues plaguing Indiaâs judicial system. You can read the first part here.Â
The second major problem facing the justice system is the number of pending cases. Exactly how many cases are pending in the courts across the country? Perhaps the most reliable figures (but not necessarily 100% accurate) are in the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) which is an interactive page on the ecourts website â even though this plays truant sometimes. On accessing the NJDG, the information available is that 5.75 million cases are pending in the high courts (HCs) across the country, and 38.15 million cas
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