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

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

The Supreme Court reserved judgement in a case determining the minority institution status of Aligarh Muslim University

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?

The number of cases filed at the SC in 2022 has begun to return to pre-pandemic numbers, as SC’s measures to provide access take root.

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.

Examining institution, disposal, and pendency during the COVID-19 years and the decline in the SC’s efficiency.

The SC’s clearance rate dropped to its lowest in 33 years.

Institution refers to the total cases filed in the Court in a given period.