Judicial Pendency

A 1981 double murder took 45 years to reach the Supreme Court. Five of the six accused died waiting. The Court has impleaded the Union of India over 'shocking' criminal appeal pendency.

President Murmu's assent raises the Supreme Court's sanctioned strength to 38 judges, the first increase since 2019 — but with a 93,000-case backlog, will more judges alone fix it?

The chronic issue of the pendency of cases across all levels of the Indian judicial system continues to be a pressing concern, with the total number of pending cases exceeding five crore.