Despite the Khanna Court only conducting miscellaneous hearings, pendency likely spiked due to Court closing for the winter vacation

83,000 pending cases is a large number but a high disposal rate points to a busy Court’s concerted efforts to tackle pendency

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

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

After two months of declining pendency in the Supreme Court, September 2024 saw a reversal of the trend

Pendency in the Supreme Court reduced for the second time in a row after recording an all-time high in June 2024

A Court returned after a seven-week summer break in July 2024 to record the first drop in month-on-month pendency since February

Even as it is normal for the pendency figure to rise during the vacation, the Court has its task cut-out in the second half after June 2024

The month of May 2024 ended with 82,308 pending cases—the highest pendency figure for this year

Fewer working days and two nine-judge benches in April meant that the Court closed the last full working month with a high pendency

In a month where the Court worked for just 15 days, pendency increased by over 400 cases