The survey 2017-18, tabled in Parliament, said that there is a need to address the issues of pendency, delays and backlogs in the appellate...

The Prime Minister lauded the steps being taken by the chief justice to make use of technology in simplifying the working in the courts and...

In a letter to chief ministers, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that there are about 4,937 vacancies in the lower judiciary.

Prasad said ministries/departments should identify frivolous and vexatious matters and separate them with the matters with merit and take q...

The study points out how states such as Tamil Nadu and Punjab ranked lower in terms of the number of pending cases despite of low judge-pop...

Inaugurating the 150th anniversary celebration of Allahabad HC, he said justice must be "accessible, affordable and quick" for people to un...

Pendency of cases in the Supreme Court has come down from 66,692 in 2012 to 58,879 as on November 30, 2015, government today informed the R...

The judiciary in India, including the lower courts, have disposed over 2 crore cases in 2014, while they still face a backlog of over three...

The court-specific data will help the NJAC set judges' performance standards and could be key in determining promotions of judges to higher...

NJDG, which was today inaugurated by Supreme Court judge Justice MB Lokur, will give litigants and others the consolidated figures of pendi...

Pendency of cases in courts will reduce sharply once the National Judicial Appointments Commission is put in place, government said.

Dattu also pitched for "financial autonomy" to judiciary in spending allocated funds and better pay packages for judicial officers.

Judiciary and the state governments have failed to utilize up to 80% of funds allocated for the development of judicial infrastructure.

Pendency of over five-year-old cases has significantly increased in high courts, with 30-40% of such cases in many of them.

According to statistics, a total of over three crore cases are pending in subordinate courts as well as 24 High Courts and Supreme Court.

President Pranab Mukherjee today said reforms in judicial system should not disrupt the fine balance among the legislature, executive and j...

In a move to end the "once a litigant always a litigant" curse, the Centre is examining the first draft of a blueprint that promises to red...