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

Even though a fourth of the Court was occupied in Constitution Bench hearings for 10 days in April, the Court disposed of 4813 cases

Institution and disposal rates dip at the top court in the end of first quarter

Despite seven judges being occupied by the AMU hearings for seven days, the Court managed to dispose of 5,453 cases in January

Cases instituted in 2023 crossed pre-pandemic levels from 2019 but disposal rate was particularly healthy at 96 percent

The Supreme Court disposed of a record number of cases in 2023. Will it be enough to tackle the growing pile of pendency?

A year ago, there were more than 5000 criminal cases pending across the country against current or former legislators

DESK BRIEF: The Union cleared 7 SC judge appointments within a week returning the SC to its full sanctioned strength of 34 Judges.

The SC’s 2022 Annual Report indicates that the Court is disposing of cases at a faster pace.

In this episode, we unpack the numbers around the pendency concern and examine the SC’s performance over the past decade.

We look at institution, disposal, pendency, strength of the Bench, and other factors that affected the Court in the last 10 years.