We usually read of news of lakhs of pending cases in our Courts or hear of cases pending for years. However, here is some good news.
For the first time, as many as four states and a Union Territory have managed to bring down cases pending for over 10 years+ in their subordinate courts to almost zero. It's not a mean achievement, considering that decade-old cases in the country account for 23 lakh, or almost 9% of all cases pending in the subordinate courts.
Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Chandigarh are the five where the justice delivery system has picked up pace and courts have managed to dispose of almost all cases pending for a decade or more.
Five other states — Delhi, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra and Karnataka — are not too far behind and have brought down pendency of 10-year-old cases to almost 1% of their total pending cases.
Read more of this in a report by Pradeep Thakur published in Times of India....
