More than 10,000 cases have been pending before the Supreme Court for over a decade, while 80,660 cases have remained unresolved in high courts for more than 30 years, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha last Thursday, highlighting the scale of judicial backlog across the country.
In a written reply, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said the Supreme Court currently has more than 96,000 pending cases. Of these, 26 have remained pending for over 30 years, while 558 have been awaiting disposal for more than 20 years.
Collectively, 5.64 crore cases are pending across the Supreme Court, the country's 25 high courts, and district and subordinate courts, according to data available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG).
