There are more than 2.7 crore cases pending in district courts across the country and 60% of them are more than two years old.
Will you stand in a queue that is likely to take 466 years to clear up? That’s how much time it will take the Delhi High Court to clear up its backlog of pending cases. Unfortunately, the situation is not so much better in lower level courts across the country where millions of cases are awaiting trial.
On Saturday, the Supreme Court of India launched a web portal as part of the National Judicial Data Grid which provides information on the 1.94 crore cases pending in district level courts across the country. Even though there are more than 2.7 crore cases pending in district courts across the country, the portal currently excludes data from Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, which is likely to be added later.
Aimed at providing access to near real-time information of the pile up in the judicial system to the general public, the portal provides a comprehensive view of cases waiting in courtroom closets.
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