Can’t set a time restrict for courts to complete listening to a case: Centre

This response got here at a time when the overall variety of pending circumstances in numerous courts continues to rise sharply

The Centre stated there was no proposal beneath contemplation for fixing deadlines of pending circumstances within the district courts within the Lok Sabha on Friday.

The Minister of Law Arjun Ram Meghwal whereas replying to a question stated, “The disposal of cases or fixing time lines for disposal lies within the exclusive domain of the judiciary and the Central Government has no direct role in the matter.”

This response got here at a time when the overall variety of pending circumstances in numerous courts together with subordinate courts, High courtroom and Supreme Court crossed the five-crore mark. 

HIGH COURTS

The variety of pending circumstances in High Courts within the nation stood at 59,78,714 in 2022 from 56,49,068 within the earlier yr. In the previous 5 yr, it elevated by 15,29,788 circumstances up to now years.

The high three High Courts with highest backlog circumstances had been the Allahabad HC with 10.3 lakh circumstances, Bombay HC at 6.1 lakh and Rajasthan at 6.3 lakh.

The northeastern states accounted for the bottom variety of pending circumstances in HC with 165 in Sikkim, 1,188 in  Meghalaya, 1,601 in Tripura. 

Against the general development of rising pendency, the High Courts of Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Sikkim and Tripura had been in a position to cut back the variety of pending circumstances. 

For instance, the HC of J&Okay lowered its rely from 64,042 in 2018 to 44,256 in 2022.

The variety of pending circumstances in Kerala HC went from to 1.93 lakh from 1.97 lakh in 2018. 

Meanwhile, Tripura High Court noticed pending circumstances decline to 1,601 from 2,977 in 2018. 

TRIAL COURTS & SUPREME COURT

The variety of pending circumstances in subordinate courts additionally confirmed a rising development. They rose to 4.32 lakh as of the tip of final yr from 3.34 lakh in 2018. 

Meanwhile, the pending circumstances within the Supreme Court elevated to 69,768 by the tip of 2022 from 57,346 4 years earlier. The SC had the very best variety of backlog in 2021 with 70,239 circumstances.