"Delays in contract enforcement and disposal resolution are arguably now the single biggest hurdle to the ease of doing business in India a...

Of the nearly 25,000 cases for which the judges have so far provided reasons, “accused absconding” has been cited as the chief reasons for ...

The document states that while the subordinate courts have a shortage of 5748 judicial officers, the 24 high courts face 406 vacancies.

There are only 17,576 court rooms/court halls and only 14,363 residential units available for district and subordinate courts in the countr...

Niti Aayog has suggested shifting some workload out of the regular court system and introduction of an administrative cadre in the judicial...

Dwivedi said that there were various constitution bench judgements interpreting the Constitution and hence the matter should be heard by a ...

The total sanctioned strength of judicial officers in district and subordinate courts is 21,320 as on June 30, 2016, of these, 16,383 have ...

The proposal comes close on the heels of several states, including some ruled by the BJP, opposing the formation of an all-India judicial s...

Prasad exhorted those involved in the legal profession to help the govt in achieving its objectives by devoting their time and energy.

As of September 30, 2016, SC has nearly 61,000 pending cases, HC hhave a backlog of more than 40 lakh cases, and all subordinate courts tog...

The e-committee of the SC has rejected the govt proposal to initiate audio-video recording of all court proceedings, suggested to begin wit...

Expressing the government's concern, Prasad said at present there are 22.5% of judges' positions are vacant in subordinate judiciary.

A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha granted the government three months time to prepare a blue-print for fast tracking of cases.

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

The truth is that in its rightful pursuit of judicial independence, the judiciary has largely escaped any investigation into its own functi...

Terming as "grossly inadequate" the current judge to population ratio, PM assured chief ministers of more central funds.

There is no justification for backlog in courts.