The recently released Supreme Court statistics on pending cases and vacancies for Judges at various levels does not indicate any better picture..The recently released Supreme Court statistics on pending cases and vacancies for Judges at various levels does not indicate any better picture. Bar & Bench had prepared a compressive list of pending litigations at various courts in India. As a follow up of that report, we examined the statistics of the half yearly report of the Supreme Court of India, indicating the pending litigations and vacancies at various levels..Vacancies of Judges.VacanciesSupreme Court High CourtTrial CourtJudges vacanciesQ122672,7853,054Q222852,9803,267.Between March 31, 2010, to June 30, 2010, vacancies at various courts have increased by nearly 7 percent. Law Minister who has unveiled the National Litigation Policy to reduce the pendency from 15 years to 3 years has a tough task ahead of him to fill up the vacancies at various levels if he is serious about reducing the pendency..Pending LitigationsSupreme CourtHigh CourtLower Court*TotalQ154,8644,060,70927,275,95331,391,526Q255,7174,108,55527,374,90831,539,180.*Updated statistics till March 31, 2010.Law Minister has stressed the importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms to combat the large number of pending cases ailing Indian courts. Late last month, speaking at a conference in Singapore, he said, “India has a comprehensive, contemporary and progressive legal framework to support international arbitration that is on par with the best in the world”..The Supreme Court has approved the establishment Information and Statistics Department, to be located in the Supreme Court, to periodically assess and accurately determine the pending litigations at various courts and also to act as an Information Bank of necessary information and statistics relating to case management.
The recently released Supreme Court statistics on pending cases and vacancies for Judges at various levels does not indicate any better picture..The recently released Supreme Court statistics on pending cases and vacancies for Judges at various levels does not indicate any better picture. Bar & Bench had prepared a compressive list of pending litigations at various courts in India. As a follow up of that report, we examined the statistics of the half yearly report of the Supreme Court of India, indicating the pending litigations and vacancies at various levels..Vacancies of Judges.VacanciesSupreme Court High CourtTrial CourtJudges vacanciesQ122672,7853,054Q222852,9803,267.Between March 31, 2010, to June 30, 2010, vacancies at various courts have increased by nearly 7 percent. Law Minister who has unveiled the National Litigation Policy to reduce the pendency from 15 years to 3 years has a tough task ahead of him to fill up the vacancies at various levels if he is serious about reducing the pendency..Pending LitigationsSupreme CourtHigh CourtLower Court*TotalQ154,8644,060,70927,275,95331,391,526Q255,7174,108,55527,374,90831,539,180.*Updated statistics till March 31, 2010.Law Minister has stressed the importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms to combat the large number of pending cases ailing Indian courts. Late last month, speaking at a conference in Singapore, he said, “India has a comprehensive, contemporary and progressive legal framework to support international arbitration that is on par with the best in the world”..The Supreme Court has approved the establishment Information and Statistics Department, to be located in the Supreme Court, to periodically assess and accurately determine the pending litigations at various courts and also to act as an Information Bank of necessary information and statistics relating to case management.
