Aniruddha Pathak (52) had filed a petition in the high court challenging his removal from the post of civil judge junior division due to alleged improper behaviour and for coming to court in an inebriated state on several occasions.
A judicial backlog of over 50 million criminal and civil cases is not merely a statistical anomaly but a reflection of systemic issues exacerbated by political interference.
The number of cases pending in various courts in the country has crossed the five crore mark, the government had told the Rajya Sabha on July 20. Talking to PTI, Justice Kaul said there was a need to deal with the situation. He said delayed disposal of cases amounted to denial of justice to common litigants.