Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to take up 300 old cases with one filed in 1979 from October 11 onwards, where it has agreed to hear the matter but could not be listed for various reasons. India News | SC to Hear 300 Old Cases from October 11, with Oldest Among Them Filed in 1979.
According to data uploaded on the apex court s website, as on September 1, 2022, there were as many as 70,310 pending cases, which included 51,839 miscellaneous matters and 18,471 regular hearing matters.
In a move to reduce pendency, the Supreme Court has junked 13, 147 old unregistered but diarised cases registered prior to 2014.On Thursday, an order issued by Registrar Judicial-1 Chirag Bhanu Singh said: "These bunch of 13,147 .