"Watershed Moment In Legal History": Supreme Court On Record Case Disposal
NDTV
The Supreme Court disposed of 52,191 cases till December 15 as against 49,191 registered this year.
The Supreme Court said today it has disposed of more cases than the number of litigations registered this year, indicating it has been able to clear its backlog that remains a long-standing problem of the judiciary. It disposed of 52,191 cases till December 15 as against 49,191 registered this year with the Supreme Court describing it as a "watershed moment in the nation's legal history".
"In another achievement, the Supreme Court of India has been able to dispose of 52,191 cases starting from 1 January 2023 to 15 December 2023, which includes 45,642 Miscellaneous matters and around 6,549 regular matters. The total disposal in the year 2023 stands at 52,191 in comparison to the total registration of cases which was 49,191," said the court.
Litigations disposed of this year included 18,449 criminal matters, 10,348 ordinary civil matters and 4,410 service matters.
