The Chief Justice of India expressed his concern over backlog of more than 3 crore cases in courts across the country.The maximum dependency of civil and criminal cases together was in Allahabad High Court with 10,43,398 cases & the minimum pendency was in Sikkim with 120 cases pending at the end of 2013. The CJI came out with an innovative idea of expeditious disposal of case by setting up a special"social justice bench"to deal with pendency of case having social issues which are on rise and needs specialized approach, he also emphasized on disposal of petty,compoundable (cases which can be compromised ) criminal matters and other civil disputes through LokS Adalats as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism where decisions are arrived at amicably and can't be appealed against.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Over 3 crore Court Cases Pending
The Chief Justice of India expressed his concern over backlog of more than 3 crore cases in courts across the country.The maximum dependency of civil and criminal cases together was in Allahabad High Court with 10,43,398 cases & the minimum pendency was in Sikkim with 120 cases pending at the end of 2013. The CJI came out with an innovative idea of expeditious disposal of case by setting up a special"social justice bench"to deal with pendency of case having social issues which are on rise and needs specialized approach, he also emphasized on disposal of petty,compoundable (cases which can be compromised ) criminal matters and other civil disputes through LokS Adalats as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism where decisions are arrived at amicably and can't be appealed against.
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