Pendency reduced even as February 2025 saw the highest number of cases instituted in the month since 2019

90% of filed cases are disposed after admission hearings, raising questions about whether the Court can be selective about what it hears

However, pendency dropped by 527 cases compared to last month, following the Court’s resumption of regular hearings

As the Court completes 75, it must be convinced that structural reforms to tackle pendency need to look beyond increasing bench strength

As the Court completes 75, it must be convinced that structural reforms to tackle pendency need to look beyond increasing bench strength

Despite the Khanna Court only conducting miscellaneous hearings, pendency likely spiked due to Court closing for the winter vacation

83,000 pending cases is a large number but a high disposal rate points to a busy Court’s concerted efforts to tackle pendency

2025 will be a pivotal year for the top court with leadership changes, key retirements and several high-profile cases pending on its docket

But confusion was caused by two webpages of the National Judicial Data Grid, which displayed conflicting figures for the same data points

Pendency of registered cases in the Supreme Court dropped by 3588 during Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud’s tenure

The drop in pendency is a welcome trend given there was a rise last year, but questions about data discrepancy still remain unanswered

After two months of declining pendency in the Supreme Court, September 2024 saw a reversal of the trend