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The oldest pending cases at the Supreme Court
List of 24 oldest cases pending for over 30 years as received through an RTI by the Supreme Court Observer
Through a Right to Information application, the Supreme Court Observer received a list of the oldest pending cases at the Supreme Court. 24 cases were listed by the Court’s Registry, including many connected matters.
In our longer piece here, we’ve discussed the cases in some detail, where information was available in the public domain. The list below contains all 24 cases pending for over 30 years, with details of the date of filing, diary and case numbers, with a short description of the key issue in the case.
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