Supreme Court says judiciary is overworked
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that workload on it is “excessive” and inflow of cases before it is “uncontrolled” and asked the Bar to suggest measures for speedy disposal of cases.
“Load of work, which is flowing in the highest judiciary, is uncontrolled and excessive. We are not finding ways and means to deal with the situation,” a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice R.M. Lodha said.
The CJI also expressed displeasure over the way in which lawyers bodies recently reacted to his proposal for courts working round the year.
He asked senior lawyers to hold consultations among themselves and come out with suggestions to deal with the increasing workload.
Justice Lodha said he had interacted with 12 Chief Justices of other countries and none of their SCs handles such a large number of cases.
In some Supreme Courts, only 150 appeals are heard in a year and the Chief Justices were astonished when I told them that on Mondays and Fridays, we deal with at least 800-900 cases,” he said.