2,00,00,000 Cases Pending In India's Courts

As on March 31, 2012, it noted, 3,272 posts of judicial personnel were vacant in different states.

"Except Manipur and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the pendency of cases is high in all the states. (In) Odisha, the pendency of criminal cases is high and the other states a have higher number of pending civil cases," the report said.

The report expressed "serious concern" over the large number of vacancies in subordinate courts.

"The committee is of the view that both these issues are closely related to each other.

"(It) feels that the recruitment and training of judicial personnel and supporting staff at subordinate courts may help in reducing the pendency of cases and the judge-population ratio may be corrected by appointing more judges in the subordinate courts," the panel said.

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