Court Data

Pendency in recent years has been on an aggressive rise at the Supreme Court due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Sitting Judges in the SC, on average, serve shorter tenures in comparison to Judges appointed between 1950-1980.

In 2020, 720 litigants were granted free legal aid and 572 cases were filed through the SCLSC.

We look at institution, disposal, pendency, strength of the Bench, and other factors that affected the Court in the last 10 years.

Out of the 5,585 RTI applications received in 2020 and 2021, the SC rejected 537 with a majority coming under the 'Other' category.

Examining institution, disposal, and pendency during the COVID-19 years and the decline in the SC’s efficiency.

The SC’s clearance rate dropped to its lowest in 33 years.

Congestion at the SC sees a fourfold increase over the course of a decade reaching numbers not seen in over 30 years.