New Delhi: Chief Justice of India H L Dattu on Thursday said that the delay in the disposal of cases and their pendency was the single biggest challenge that confronts the country’s legal system and innovative ways have to be found to address the situation.
“If the right to access justice is to remain meaningful, then the disposal of cases should be within a reasonable time,” he said, noting that ” delay (in disposal of cases) and pendency was the single-most important challenge that India’s legal system is facing”.
Speaking at a function organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association on the occasion on the National Law Day, Dattu said that in 2014, the apex court had disposed of an “unprecedented” number of 83,013 cases — the highest number of cases decided by the top court in any one year.
Urging lawyers to desist from taking adjournment of cases listed for hearing, he called upon both the bar and bench to look for innovative ways of dealing with the problem of pendency.
