A year ago, there were more than 5000 criminal cases pending across the country against current or former legislators

DESK BRIEF: The Union cleared 7 SC judge appointments within a week returning the SC to its full sanctioned strength of 34 Judges.

The SC’s 2022 Annual Report indicates that the Court is disposing of cases at a faster pace.

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 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.

A majority of the SC’s time in 2021 was spent disposing of cases that did not involve a substantial question of law.