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| HC seeks details regarding disposal of 10-year-old cases | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 29: The State High Court has directed all Principal District and Sessions Judges to intimate by April 2 about the disposal of 10-year-old cases by them as well as those decided by courts subordinate to them. In August last year, the court had impressed upon all the Presiding Officers of the Sub- ordinate Courts to accord top priority to the different cases including the ten years old cases. "in this connection, you are, therefore, requested-to intimate this registry othe number of cases of ten years old decided by your court and courts subordinate to you after consolidating the same in the Performa," Registrar of the High Court said and asked them to inform by April 2. According to 2016 data released by the high court, there were over 2 lakh cases pending in the high court and subordinate courts in the state. 58552 cases were pending in the state's highest court and of them 53534 were civil while 5018 are of criminal nature. Of the overall cases, 22679(civil) and 859 (criminal) were pending for more than five years. Similarly, the report states that there 141910 cases-(48080 civil) and 93830 (criminal)-were pending in the subordinate courts. Of them, 3512 (civil) and 4911 (criminal) cases were pending for more than half a decade. The data compiled in different categories provide an insight to the work load of the Courts at different levels and the work accomplished by the Courts. The data also provides platform for assessing infrastructure requirements for smooth running of the court business. |
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