February 19, 2018:

The Patna High Court has 32 Judges against the sanctioned strength of 53.

In Bihar litigants are facing harrowing time, with over 16 lakh cases pending in subordinate judiciary as a whopping 45 per cent vacancies of judicial officers are lying vacant.

The situation in the Patna High Court is no better, where 1,45,110 cases are pending in the absence of sufficient strength of judges.

A total of 16,74,883 cases are pending across the district courts of Bihar while 1,45,110 cases are waiting for adjudication in the Patna High Court, according to National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) website.

Of the total number of pending cases at Patna High Court as on February 17, 2018, 16. 54 per cent cases have been pending for over 10 years while 30. 12 per cent of the cases are lying pending for less than two years.

The delay in filling up judicial vacancies is a major reason behind the pending cases, as per Lalit Kishore Bihar's Advocate General.

 

Lately Bihar Public Service Commission has sent the names of 191 judicial officers to Patna High Court for appointment and they will join soon. 100 more judicial officers of Additional District and Sessions (ADJ) rank judges will also join shortly.

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