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

Skimming through the causelist may not seem like much, but it offers us insight into the workings of the court

Quantitative analysis often reveals what is obscured by commentary and easily held opinions. Read on to know more about our work with data.

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

The Court’s institution and disposal rate last month was the highest over the past five Februaries

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?

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

Limited functioning of the Court during the pandemic has affected the number of cases instituted before the SC in 2020 and 2021