Nearly Three Crores cases pending in courts

By Vijay Kumar

The pendency of cases in the Supreme Court is 33,635 cases, in High Courts is 33,41,040 cases and in Subordinate Courts is 2,53,06,458. As per the information available in the Department of Justice, at present 5359 criminal cases in Supreme Court, 6,37,821 criminal cases in High Courts and 1,80,95,301 criminal cases are pending in Subordinate Courts. This information was given by the Minister of State for law and Justice, Shri K. Venkatapathy in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.

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