The post-summer session of the Court saw pendency drop by almost 2,500 cases. Will this trend continue?

By the end of September, the number of pending cases at the SC fell below 70,000 for the first time this year.

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.

DESK BRIEF: The NCT case referral marks the first whiff of substantial Constitution Bench activity during the CJI’s tenure.

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

The Chief Justice of India was addressing Chief Ministers and Chief Justices on the challenges facing the Judiciary.

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.

DESK BRIEF: The Supreme Court's backlog continues to rise as cases take longer to be disposed of