NEW DELHI: Eight years after the all-India judicial data transparency portal – National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) – was set up, the Supreme Court on Thursday got onboard the platform and the statistics revealed several encouraging current trends of case disposal and some dark spots of past pendency in the highest court.
On the brighter side, the SC achieved an unthinkable 95.7% disposal rate in 2023 under the leadership of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud as its benches gave final verdict on 72,328 cases till date as compared to 75,554 cases instituted in the top court during the same period.
“Laudatory step by the Supreme Court and CJI DY Chandrachud Ji. Such harnessing of technology will further transparency and enhance the justice delivery system in our country,”PM Narendra Modi wrote on X.
NJDG, set up in 2015, provides details of cases pending in high courts to taluka level courts in every state.
The overall success rate for litigants in 2023 in the SC remained poor in both civil and criminal cases. In civil cases, 61% were dismissed, 22% disposed (which may include partial relief) and petitions were allowed only in 17% cases. In criminal cases, the SC has dismissed 64.4% of the cases, and allowed 13.2% while disposing of the rest.
Though the cumulative success percentage of civil and criminal petitions in SC remained a poor 15.6%, the trend of increased filings in the SC remained high, reflecting the people’s faith in judiciary. As of today, 80,344 cases are pending, of which nearly 16,000 have been filed but are yet to be registered as cases by the Supreme Court.
CJI Chandrachud, described the SC getting placed in NJDG as a historic event.
However, there are cases which have remained buried in the history of the court. Two writ petitions filed in 1982, are still pending as per the NJDG dashboard for the Supreme Court.
With the yearly caseload swelling over the decades, the SC’s focus had been to adjudicate cases which can be decided by two- or three-judge benches. Though an attempt has been made in recent years to take up cases for hearing by five-judge benches, there are still 306 such cases pending disposal.
Moreover, 21 cases are awaiting constitution of seven-judge benches and 135 more are awaiting constitution of nine-judge benches.
On the brighter side, the SC achieved an unthinkable 95.7% disposal rate in 2023 under the leadership of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud as its benches gave final verdict on 72,328 cases till date as compared to 75,554 cases instituted in the top court during the same period.
“Laudatory step by the Supreme Court and CJI DY Chandrachud Ji. Such harnessing of technology will further transparency and enhance the justice delivery system in our country,”PM Narendra Modi wrote on X.
NJDG, set up in 2015, provides details of cases pending in high courts to taluka level courts in every state.
The overall success rate for litigants in 2023 in the SC remained poor in both civil and criminal cases. In civil cases, 61% were dismissed, 22% disposed (which may include partial relief) and petitions were allowed only in 17% cases. In criminal cases, the SC has dismissed 64.4% of the cases, and allowed 13.2% while disposing of the rest.
Though the cumulative success percentage of civil and criminal petitions in SC remained a poor 15.6%, the trend of increased filings in the SC remained high, reflecting the people’s faith in judiciary. As of today, 80,344 cases are pending, of which nearly 16,000 have been filed but are yet to be registered as cases by the Supreme Court.
CJI Chandrachud, described the SC getting placed in NJDG as a historic event.
However, there are cases which have remained buried in the history of the court. Two writ petitions filed in 1982, are still pending as per the NJDG dashboard for the Supreme Court.
With the yearly caseload swelling over the decades, the SC’s focus had been to adjudicate cases which can be decided by two- or three-judge benches. Though an attempt has been made in recent years to take up cases for hearing by five-judge benches, there are still 306 such cases pending disposal.
Moreover, 21 cases are awaiting constitution of seven-judge benches and 135 more are awaiting constitution of nine-judge benches.