Pending Cases

Over 450,000 cases pending before courts in Assam: State Law Minister

He claimed that the decision will help the courts to focus on serious offences and other matters

Par panel asks CAT to dispose of cases pending for over 10 yrs on priority

Citing 1,350 cases pending disposal for more than 10 years, a Parliamentary committee has asked the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to decide them on a priority basis, specifically the ones related to pensions and senior citizens. The tribunal adjudicates service matters of central government employees. As many as 80,545 cases are pending in different benches of the tribunal as on December 31, 2022. Of these, 16,661 cases are pending for zero to one year, 46,534 for one to five years, 16,000 for five to 10 years and 1,350 for more than 10 years, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice said in its report. The panel said according to the Central Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1987, every application should be heard and decided as far as possible, within six months from the date of its registration. "However, the Committee notes that there are about 1,350 cases pending for over ten years. The Committee

9.7 mn pending, pre-litigation cases settled in 1st National Lok Adalat

Legal Services Authorities across the country organised 1st National Lok Adalat in all 36 States and Union Territories in which over 9.7 mn pending and pre-litigation cases were settled

Govt asks Irdai, insurance firms to address issues to reduce pending cases

Irdai can mandate the companies to resolve the issues, if they remain unaddressed voluntarily for a long term

New CJI: Here are some significant cases Justice Chandrachud was part of

The 50th Chief Justice, who will have a two-year tenure, has authored the verdicts or dissenting opinions in some landmark cases

Time taken to resolve commercial cases in India down nearly 50%: Report

Even though India's overall ranking in 'Ease of doing business' had improved from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2020, on the 'enforcement of contracts' it improved marginally from 186 in 2014 to 163 in 2020

Encounter or killing? Nearly five-fold rise in pending cases, shows data

India has registered 813 cases of encounter killings in the last six years

Over 40 mn cases pending in lower courts: Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha

"No time-frame has been fixed for disposal of cases. It (disposal) depends on several factors," the minister said

More than 40 million cases pending in lower courts: Govt tells Parliament

Addressing the issue of increasing the retirement age of judges in the apex and high courts, the Union Minister for Law and Justice said that there is no proposal to do so currently

50 mn cases pending in Indian courts, to go up if no action taken: Rijiju

The Union Law and Justice minister also expressed concern about the unaffordability of legal professionals for the common people.

Law minister Rijiju expresses concern over rise in pending cases in courts

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the speed at which the number of pending cases is rising in various courts of the country is a matter of concern.

Air India has 2,657 pending cases in Indian and international courts: Govt

These cases related to issues such as employee service matters, consumer complaints, commercial matters, MoS Civil Aviation V K Singh said

EPFO office work overtime to clear all pending claims of women members

Retirement fund body EPFO's Delhi West office worked on last weekend to settle all pending claims of women subscribers marking International Women Day on Monday.

In a first, single-judge benches of SC hear cases to reduce pendency

SC had made certain amendments to the Supreme Court Rules, 2013, in September last year which stated that single-judge bench would hear appeals

Lawyers' expect CJI SA Bobde to dispose of pending cases, regulate PILs

New CJI, Bobde, has succeeded Justice Ranjan Gogoi who retired on November 17 after remaining in office for over 13 months.

Cases pending in SC, HCs down since 2014; upward swing in lower courts

Subordinate courts remain saddled with work even as they face a shortage of over 4,000 judicial officers

HC asks Maharashtra to serve summons by post to reduce pending cases

In a move to bring down the huge pendency of cases of cheque bounce, the Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to amend laws to provide for serving warrants and summons to accused and witnesses through registered post, in addition to the procedure followed by the police machinery. "We are of the view that as and by way of a special drive, the Director General of Police should ensure that all pending summons and warrants are served expeditiously in the State of Maharashtra," said a bench of Justices V M Kanade and Swapna Joshi in their recent order. "We would like to recommend to the State Government, if it is possible, to amend the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and make an exception in respect of (cheque bouncing) cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act by making necessary amendment to permit service of summons either by Registered Post A.D, in addition to the service of summons through the police machinery," the bench added. "The State Government ..