More than 66,000 cases pending in Supreme
Court: Law minister
Thursday March 07, 2013 07:46:25 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: More than
66,000 cases are pending in the Supreme Court at present,
parliament was told Thursday.
Out of the 66,569 matters, 21,862 are up to one year old, Law
Minister Ashwini Kumar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
He said the government was periodically reminding the chief
justices of the high courts to initiate proposals in time for
filling up the existing vacancies as well as the vacancies
anticipated in the next six months.
"There is an issue about vacancies in the high courts in
particular, where 278 positions are empty," Ashwini Kumar said,
adding that the reason for this is that not enough lawyers are
coming forward to become judges.
Noting the responsibility for disposal of pending cases in high
courts and Supreme Court is within the domain of judiciary, he
said that to assist them in addressing the problem of pendency of
cases, the government set up a National Mission for Justice
Delivery and Legal Reforms in August 2011.
"The mission has twin objectives of increasing access by reducing
delays and arrears in the system and enhancing accountability
through structural changes and by setting performance standards
and capacities," he said.
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