The Law Minister informed Lok Sabha that The number of cases pending for more than 20 years in the Supreme Court of India, as per the data retrieved from the Integrated Case Management Information System (ICMIS) as on 27.01.2023 is 208 cases.
He replied to an Unstarred Question related to the number of cases pending for more than 20 years in the courts across the country.
He stated that In case of the High Courts there are 2,94,547 cases and 6,71,543 cases in the District and Subordinate Courts that are pending for more than 20 years as per data available on National Judicial Data Grid.
Further, the law minister pointed out the reasons that due to the increase in the population of the country and awareness of their rights amongst the public, filing of fresh cases is also increasing with leaps and bounds year after year.
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