COVID-19 caused an unexampled surge in suo moto action taken by the Supreme Court, with 10 suo moto cases recorded in 2020.

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

The Court will see Judges retiring every month up until November 2022—which may bode poorly for the 70,000 cases pending at the SC.

In this episode, we unpack the numbers around the pendency concern and examine the SC’s performance over the past decade.

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

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

The Courts and Constitution Conference was held on April 15th-16th, at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

On April 4th, SC directed State governments and Union Territories to comply with the Supreme Court’s earlier Orders on child welfare.

Comparing the pendency of cases during former Chief Justice Sharad Bobde’s tenure with incumbent Chief Justice N.V. Ramana.

Responding to the 3rd wave of COVID, the SC began virtual hearings in January. The SC will resume hybrid and physical hearings on Feb 14th.