New Delhi, June 27
More than 43 lakh cases are pending in the 25 high courts in the country and over eight lakh of these are over a decade old, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a written reply, said 43.55 lakh cases are pending in the high courts and out of these, 18.75 lakh relate to civil matters and 12.15 lakh are criminal cases.
He said 26.76 lakh of these cases are less than five years old, 8.44 lakh are pending for more than five years but less than 10 years and 8.35 lakh are over 10 years old.
Underling the huge pendency, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had recently written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. As on June 1, 58,669 cases were pending in the Supreme Court. — PTI
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