Court Data

The last five years account for over half of the 66 cases the Court has taken up suo moto in the last 20 years

The new Chief Justice’s decision to halt regular hearings resulted in a 16 percent increase in disposal rate in November 2024

But confusion was caused by two webpages of the National Judicial Data Grid, which displayed conflicting figures for the same data points

The Collegium itself fared poorly on gender diversity, with no recommendations for women in the top court and only 27 out of 168 in HCs

Pendency of registered cases in the Supreme Court dropped by 3588 during Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud’s tenure

October 2024 saw the highest institution and disposal of cases in the month compared to October 2022 and 2023

The drop in pendency is a welcome trend given there was a rise last year, but questions about data discrepancy still remain unanswered

The Court disposed of 79 cases more than in August but didn’t manage to surpass the annual high of July