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TopicPending cases

Topic: pending cases

DY Chandrachud’s legacy is he put a fresh coat of paint on SC. It needed structural changes

Superficial steps that only burnish the CJI’s image has been a hallmark of DY Chandrachud’s changes on the administrative side of the SC.

Three SC judges are set to retire by May 2024. Here are the key cases pending their decisions

From abrogation of Article 370 to whether there should be sub-quotas in the SC/ST reservation, Justices S.K. Kaul, Aniruddha Bose, & A.S. Bopanna have several cases pending before them. 

Army and Defence Accounts clear long-pending claims worth Rs 400 cr by soldiers, more in the offing

The initiative was launched to resolve grievances of soldiers regarding their dues, especially those related to children's education allowances, house rent allowances & pay fixation cases.

‘Historic Day,’ says Chief Justice as Supreme Court comes under data grid that tracks cases

The National Judicial Data Grid gives real-time access to case statistics, including pendency and disposal; this, Justice Chandrachud said, would bring in “transparency and accountability” in the top court.

Not just a ‘lower court problem’: New book says 40% cases pending in Supreme Court for over 5 yrs

'Court on Trial’, authored by professors from NLSIU, Seattle University School of Law, University of Chicago Law School used data from 2000 to 2018 & proposes practical agenda for reform.

Central ministries biggest litigants in govt with 2.85 lakh pending cases, finance tops list

Cases of 57 central ministries are pending in various courts excluding top court. Central govt has incurred Rs 511.1 crore as litigation expense in past 10 years.

16 yrs of tareekh pe tareekh & a ‘victory’ after death — court staffer’s long fight for justice

A reader in Tis Hazari court, Mahendra Verma was fighting for full reimbursement of expenses incurred in son's cancer treatment. His daughter took case forward after his death in 2020.

Case finder software to Judges Act amendment—20 steps to end pendency in Indian Courts

India's judicial system is either not functioning as it was intended by the Constitution’s framers or it has been kept deliberately inactive and dormant. The result is 48 million pending cases.

43,000 arbitration execution pleas are pending in UP. Hundreds are decade-old, one’s from 1981

Allahabad HC compiled data after Supreme Court asked for it on 2 April. Apex court expresses concern, seeks roadmap from HC to tackle arrears in arbitration cases.

Why SC expressed concern over UP court’s tareekh pe tareekh in 30-yr-old arbitration award plea

83-year-old petitioner’s case was listed 147 times in 20 yrs, but not heard even once. SC calls it ‘sorry state of affairs’ that ‘frustrates purpose’ of laws made for speedy redressal.

On Camera

A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.