1.80 lakh criminal cases pending in Allahabad High Court: UP govt tells Supreme Court

Around 1.80 lakh criminal cases are pending in the Allahabad High Court, the Uttar Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court.

Around 1.80 lakh criminal cases are pending in the Allahabad High Court, which presently has a vacancy of 67 judges. Against the sanctioned strength of 160, the Allahabad High Court currently has 93 judges, the Uttar Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court. "As of August 2021, there are about 1,83,000 criminal appeals pending in both the Lucknow bench and the Allahabad High Court," the UP government and the Allahabad High Court registry informed a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice SK Kaul.