The top court improved its disposal rate even as regular hearings resumed in the new year.

However, pendency dropped by 527 cases compared to last month, following the Court’s resumption of regular hearings

In a tenure spanning over five years, Justice Ravikumar authored an average of 8.63 judgements a year

Justice Roy’s tenure was longer than the average tenure of judges at the top court

In his 3.25-year-long tenure, Justice C.T. Ravikumar authored close to a hundred judgements and was a part of 373 benches

In a three year long tenure, Justice Ravikumar authored an average of 29.5 judgements a year

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

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

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

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