SC cleared 2174 cases since new CJI assumed office in August
The Supreme Court has disposed off 2,174 cases ever since Justice Dipak Misra took over as Chief Justice of India on August 28, 2017, the Court's PR Department has revealed. There were 58,438 pending cases as on July 17, 2017, as per government data. The number of pending cases in High Courts has also gone down over past three years.