The Supreme Court has decided a total of 2,183 Constitution bench cases since it came into existence in January 1950, the Minister of State for Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal said in parliament on Friday. .The period between 1960 and 1969 witnessed the highest number of Constitution bench cases being decided and disposed of, reaching 956 cases. On the other hand, the period from 2000 to 2009 saw the lowest number of disposals, with only 138 cases being decided.As for the recent years between 2020 and 2023, the Court has decided 19 cases so far.The minister was responding to a question by Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Kerala's Alappuzha, AM Ariff.The decade-wise distribution of Constitution bench cases decided is as follows..The minister's response further said that 29 Constitution Bench matters were pending before the Supreme Court of India as on July 20, 2023.Of these, 18 cases were pending before a five-judge bench, 6 were before a seven-judge bench and 5 were before a nine-judge bench, as per the Minister's response to a question by Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Kerala's Alappuzha, AM Ariff..The oldest Constitutional Bench case pending is the case of Abhiram Singh vs. CS Commachen (Dead) by LRs and Ors. It was registered in 31 years ago, in 1992..However, the statistics quoted by by the minister diverges from the details provided on the Supreme Court website.As per the Supreme Court website, 44 Constitution Bench cases were pending before the apex court as on July 1, 2023.Of these, 33 are pending before five-judge bench, 6 before seven-judge bench, and 5 before nine-judge bench..[Read Question and Answer]
The Supreme Court has decided a total of 2,183 Constitution bench cases since it came into existence in January 1950, the Minister of State for Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal said in parliament on Friday. .The period between 1960 and 1969 witnessed the highest number of Constitution bench cases being decided and disposed of, reaching 956 cases. On the other hand, the period from 2000 to 2009 saw the lowest number of disposals, with only 138 cases being decided.As for the recent years between 2020 and 2023, the Court has decided 19 cases so far.The minister was responding to a question by Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Kerala's Alappuzha, AM Ariff.The decade-wise distribution of Constitution bench cases decided is as follows..The minister's response further said that 29 Constitution Bench matters were pending before the Supreme Court of India as on July 20, 2023.Of these, 18 cases were pending before a five-judge bench, 6 were before a seven-judge bench and 5 were before a nine-judge bench, as per the Minister's response to a question by Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Kerala's Alappuzha, AM Ariff..The oldest Constitutional Bench case pending is the case of Abhiram Singh vs. CS Commachen (Dead) by LRs and Ors. It was registered in 31 years ago, in 1992..However, the statistics quoted by by the minister diverges from the details provided on the Supreme Court website.As per the Supreme Court website, 44 Constitution Bench cases were pending before the apex court as on July 1, 2023.Of these, 33 are pending before five-judge bench, 6 before seven-judge bench, and 5 before nine-judge bench..[Read Question and Answer]