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21 Apr 2022 Cases Pending in Supreme Court

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Many sitting judges of the Supreme Court are retiring in the year 2022, as a result of which many posts in the top court will become vacant this year.

These retirements in the Supreme Court are taking place at a time when the court is in the process of stabilizing itself, especially after the brutal waves of the pandemic, with a large number of cases pending in the court.
India’s legal system has the ‘largest pending case backlog’ in the world – about 30 million cases pending.
This number continues to grow, reflecting the flaws in its own legal system.
And because of this backlog, most of the prisoners in India’s prisons are undertrials awaiting trial.

As per Supreme Court data, 70,362 cases are pending in the apex court as of April 1, 2022.
More than 19% of these cases are not ready to appear before a court bench for ‘judicial hearing’ as the required preliminary process has not been completed.
52,110 cases are still at the entry stage, while 18,522 cases are related to regular hearing.
The total number of cases (main and allied matters) before the Constitution Bench is 422.
The Supreme Court has recently resumed ‘full physical hearing’, after two years of ‘virtual system’.

The “National Litigation Policy 2010” has been implemented to turn the government into an efficient and responsible ‘litigant’.
According to the ‘National Litigation Policy’ 2010, ‘State Litigation Policies’ have been prepared by all the states.
The ‘Legal Information Management and Briefing System (LIMBS)’ was formulated in 2015 with the objective of keeping track of the cases in which the government is a party.
The Supreme Court has advised the Central Government that the social service duties should be allotted to criminals sentenced to imprisonment for 6 months or one year, instead of sending them to burden the already overcrowded jails.

Revise the National Litigation Policy.
‘Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism’ should be promoted to encourage arbitration.
Coordinated action should be taken between the government and the judiciary.
The judicial capacity in the lower courts should be strengthened to reduce the burden on the higher courts.
Expenditure on the judiciary should be increased.
Court case management and court automation system should be improved.
Constitution of subject-specific ‘Pethas’.
Strong internal dispute resolution mechanism.
Judges should write shorter and more precise decisions.