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NEW DELHI: The government on Monday said around 3.2 crore cases were pending in high
courts and subordinate courts across the country while 56,383 cases were pending in the
Supreme Court.

It also said 74% of the total 3.2 crore cases were less than five years old. Similarly, 20,334 out
of the 56,383 pending cases in the apex court were less than one year old.

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Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, law minister Salman Khurshid said government was
RELAT ED ART ICLES working towards reducing the pendency. He said government had launched a National
Money crunch and luke warm response form Mission aimed at harnessing Information Communication Technology for disposal of cases.
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May 21, 2012 Khurshid also said a National Arrears Grid had been set up to manage courts better, adding
that pendency could also be reduced by increasing the period for which judges sit, allowing
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morning and evening shifts in courts, using Gram Nyayalayas and using alternative dispute
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December 14, 2007 Khurshid also talked of fast track courts and how government had transferred 39.23 lakh
cases, adding that 32.99 lakh cases had already been disposed of.
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He said while the time taken in disposal of pending cases was "exclusively within the domain of
Subordinate Courts
the judiciary", the government had taken a number of measures, including setting up of a
Pendency
'National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms' to facilitate expeditious disposal of
cases.

In order to computerise the justice delivery system, the government is implementing e-Courts
Project for the district and subordinate courts and upgradation of ICT infrastructure in
superior courts at an estimated cost of Rs 935 crore.

"The target is to computerise 12,000 courts by March 31, 2012 and 14,249 courts by March
2014," Khurshid said, adding that a pendency reduction drive was launched (July-December
2011 period) by the department of justice.

Replying to another query, Khurshid said that consequent upon increase in filing, disposal and
pendency of matters in the Supreme Court, there was an increase in the workload at all levels.

He said the competent authority had sanctioned creation/revival of about 284 posts in different
categories since January 2009. Further, a committee of three senior officers was constituted to
study the working of the Registry of the Supreme Court.

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SATISH OMKAR (PUNE)

16 May, 2012 01:22 PM
HOW TO DECIDE A COURT-CASE IN 30 DAYS FLAT? ​ Day 1--- Filing of complaint 9AM to 2 PM----​
Day1---3PM to
5PM-- POLYGRAPH TEST of case-filing party by doctors posted in courts. ​ DAY1-- 5PM to 7PM--- Despatch n
Service done of SUMMONS sending summons on govt allotted e-mail address of each citizen n on govt allotted
cell-phone number by SMS n by publishing summons on govt's all India e-paper (Calling all other parties to file
reply in 7 days). ​
DAY7---10AM to 2PM filing of reply by other parties . DAY7--5PM-7PM--- Polygraph test of
respondents by court doctors. DAY- 8 -- POINTS of DIFFERENCE noted. ​ DAY-9--- NARCO TESTS of both parties
on points of differences. DAY10 -10AM-5PM-- Exam of complainents / respondents n Deciding witnesses etc.​
DAY10--5PM -7PM-- SERVING SUMMONS to witneses on their govt-allotted e-mail addresses n on govt alloted
cell-number by SMS n publishing it on govt e-paper.(Calling witnesses on 17 th day) ​ DAY 17 --10AM-2PM--
Examination of witnesses.​ DAY-17--2PM-7PM --POLYGRAPH TEST of witnesses. ​ DAY 18--10AM-5PM-- Cross-
exam .​ DAY19-NARCO tests of witnesses whereever required. ​ Day 20-29--Cross-examinations- submission of
evidences ​ DAY-30-- DECISION

AggarwalGurgaon (NCR)
20 Dec, 2011 02:53 PM
Only the foolish lawyers are getting benifits of these cases.​
​Loosers , back benchers, goondas , criminals,
ZERO IQ, ZERO Intelligence people are becoming lawyers in our country ​ ​
Shame .......

Vitesh (NCR)
20 Dec, 2011 12:50 PM
Dear Khurshid ji,​
​How about heavy penalties/costs for delaying the cases or filing false cases ???

aggarwalGurgaon (NCR) replies to Vitesh

20 Dec, 2011 03:00 PM
That is NOT funny Sir. 26% cases i.e 80 Lac cases are more than 5 Years old. Think about those
80L families ? Think abut those criminals (out of these 80L) who are freely roaming outside ??​ ​
WHat was this number when u took over as law minister ??​ WHat have u done for these 3.2 crore
families ??​Only lawyers are filling their pockets and may be ur pockets too !!​
People are loosing
patience and will not tolerate this any more.​ ​
Boss do something about it or resign from ur Job !!

SATISH OMKAR (PUNE) replies to aggarwalGurgaon

16 May, 2012 01:20 PM
HOW TO DECIDE A COURT-CASE IN 30 DAYS FLAT? ​ Day 1--- Filing of complaint
9AM to 2 PM----​ Day1---3PM to 5PM-- POLYGRAPH TEST of case-filing party by
doctors posted in courts. ​ DAY1-- 5PM to 7PM--- Despatch n Service done of
SUMMONS sending summons on govt allotted e-mail address of each citizen n on
govt allotted cell-phone number by SMS n by publishing summons on govt's all
India e-paper (Calling all other parties to file reply in 7 days). ​
DAY7---10AM to 2PM
filing of reply by other parties . DAY7--5PM-7PM--- Polygraph test of respondents by
court doctors. DAY- 8 -- POINTS of DIFFERENCE noted. ​ DAY-9--- NARCO TESTS
of both parties on points of differences. DAY10 -10AM-5PM-- Exam of complainents
/ respondents n Deciding witnesses etc.​ DAY10--5PM -7PM-- SERVING
SUMMONS to witneses on their govt-allotted e-mail addresses n on govt alloted
cell-number by SMS n publishing it on govt e-paper.(Calling witnesses on 17 th
day) ​ DAY 17 --10AM-2PM--Examination of witnesses.​ DAY-17--2PM-7PM --
POLYGRAPH TEST of witnesses. ​ DAY 18--10AM-5PM-- Cross-exam .​ DAY19-
NARCO tests of witnesses whereever required. ​ Day 20-29--Cross-examinations-
submission of evidences ​ DAY-30-- DECISION

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