Backlog of SC cases increasing at rate of 18%

The backlog of cases in the country’s apex court has been continually increasing at a rate of around 18%, as revealed in a quarterly report issued by the Supreme Court on Saturday.

According to the report, the backlog of cases as of December 31, 2023, stood at 55,971. The number of pending cases by the end of 2022 was 52,424. Interestingly, the number of pending cases in 2021 was around 54,000.

In 2020, the number of such cases was 46,902; in 2019, the number stood at 43,800, while in 2018, there were 38,197 pending cases. In 2017, some 35,600 cases were pending adjudication; 29,941 in 2016; 25,681 in 2015; 21,272 in 2014, and 20,116 in 2013.

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