There are 54 cases pending adjudication before Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court, a response to a question raised in Parliament revealed..Among these, 38 are five-judge bench matters, 9 are seven-judge bench matters and 7 are nine-judge bench matters..Pertinently, only 25 such cases have been disposed of between 2020 and 2023..This information was revealed by Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal in response to a question posed in Parliament by Alappuzha Lok Sabha MP and Advocate AM Ariff.Ariff, among other things, sought data on cases pending before various Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court, as well as a decade-wise list of cases heard and disposed of by Constitution Bench since the Court's establishment..Since its inception in 1950, the Supreme Court has disposed of 2,188 Constitution Bench cases.The period between 1950 and 1959 witnessed the highest number of disposals - 956.The table below outlines the decade-wise list of cases heard and disposed of by Constitution Benches since the Court's inception:.[Read Question and Answer]
There are 54 cases pending adjudication before Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court, a response to a question raised in Parliament revealed..Among these, 38 are five-judge bench matters, 9 are seven-judge bench matters and 7 are nine-judge bench matters..Pertinently, only 25 such cases have been disposed of between 2020 and 2023..This information was revealed by Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal in response to a question posed in Parliament by Alappuzha Lok Sabha MP and Advocate AM Ariff.Ariff, among other things, sought data on cases pending before various Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court, as well as a decade-wise list of cases heard and disposed of by Constitution Bench since the Court's establishment..Since its inception in 1950, the Supreme Court has disposed of 2,188 Constitution Bench cases.The period between 1950 and 1959 witnessed the highest number of disposals - 956.The table below outlines the decade-wise list of cases heard and disposed of by Constitution Benches since the Court's inception:.[Read Question and Answer]
