NEW DELHI, April 30 – India has more than 40 million cases pending in lower courts, the country’s chief justice said on Saturday, highlighting a huge backlog in the legal system.
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Courts were falling short of judges crucial to their efficient function, NV Ramana told a conference attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers of most states.
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“We have 20 judges per million population, which is highly inadequate to deal with the rising trend of litigation,” Ramana said.
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Many of the 24,000 approved positions for judicial officers on India’s lower courts remain unfilled, Ramana said, without specifying a number.
Reporting by Suchitra Mohanty in New Delhi; Editing by William Mallard
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APRIL 30, 2022
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