Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said the Supreme Court has disposed of 22,504 cases between November 9, 2022 to April 11, 2023.
Speaking during the felicitation function of eight new judges, who were recently appointed to the Supreme Court, the CJI said during the same period, 22,208 new cases were filed, while 1,04,000 cases were listed.
He said the Apex Court was running some 100 cases behind the schedule, but it would cover up in a couple of days.
Regarding the mentioning of cases, the CJI said he spent the first half hour in the court on taking up at least 100 mentioning matters. Sometimes the
cases reach up to 120.
He said in those 30 minutes, he sent a message to the citizens across the country that if something arbitrary was being done to them, their home was being demolished or they were being arrested arbitrarily, someone in the country was there to listen. Their applications would be taken up on an immediate basis, he assured.
CJI Chandrachud, expressing his happiness over the Supreme Court working in full strength, said that it has been one of his missions that full strength was not aberration, but a regular feature of the Apex Court.
Speaking about his fellow judges, the CJI said that the Supreme Court Collegium was often criticised over the source of appointment and lack of diversity at the top court of the country.
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