Nearly 4,500 cases pending per High Court judge: Govt
According to the National Judicial Data Grid, 4,419 cases are pending before each High Court judge, while 1,288 are pending before each lower court judge. The data also states that while the sanctioned strength of the High Courts is 1,079, the working strength is only 695. Further, there is a shortage of 5,135 judicial officers in the subordinate courts.n