AMN / NEW DELHI
The number of pending cases in the Supreme Court and the 24 high courts has gone down in the past three years but the pendency has seen an upward swing in the lower judiciary.
According to Law Ministry data, the Apex Court had 62,791 pending cases at the end of 2014. As on July 17, this year, the pending cases have been pegged at 58,438.
Similar is the case with the 24 High Courts of the country where pending cases were pegged at 41.52 lakh at the end of 2014. Though at the end of 2016, there were 40.15 lakh cases pending.
Meanwhile, in subordinate courts, pendency of cases has gone up from 2.64 crore cases in 2014 to 2.74 crore in December 2016.