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80,000+ cases pending in Supreme Court


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As of April 1, 2024, the Supreme Court had a total of 80,194 pending cases. In March 2024, the Court worked for 15 days and cleared 3,926 cases. This means that the average disposal rate was approximately 262 cases per working day. Despite working for fewer days and disposing of 1,483 fewer cases compared to the previous month, the number of pending cases only increased by 428 from February.

Based on previous analyses of yearly pendency, it has been observed that the Supreme Court’s pending cases tend to increase during its annual summer vacation.

Court’s Functioning and Judge-wise Output

Throughout March, the Supreme Court operated at its full capacity, with all judges actively working. On average, each judge cleared about eight cases. However, it’s important to note that this figure only provides a sense of judge-wise output, as the Supreme Court does not sit in single judge Benches.

Constitution Bench Cases and Miscellaneous Hearings

As of the end of March, there were 50 Constitution Bench cases pending, along with 616 related matters. During the first two weeks of March, the Court delivered one decision in a seven-judge Bench case and heard two Constitution Bench matters. The third week mainly consisted of miscellaneous hearings, preparing for the Holi break.

Notable Cases and Hearings

During the month of March, a seven-judge Constitution Bench unanimously held that lawmakers do not enjoy parliamentary immunity under Articles 105(2) and 194(2) for acts of bribery, resulting in a drop of one case in the pendency of such Bench.

Additionally, a nine-judge Constitution Bench heard arguments on the demarcation of power between the Union and states regarding the imposition of tax and royalty on mines and minerals for five out of the 15 working days. On three different days, a five-judge Bench heard updates on the State Bank of India’s compliance with disclosing all details in the case related to the electoral bonds scheme.

One Comment

  1. Why so? with so much pendency there should not be any holidays in the court. No office in India have such a luxury. Moreover judges enjoy high salaries, perks and other freebies like free home, servants, drivers, gunmen and above all nuaisance value. This should be stopped immediately.

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