More than three lakh cases — civil, writ, original and criminal — are pending with the High Court (HC) division and the Appellate Division is yet to dispose of more than 11,000 cases, official sources said. The sources also said the cases were piling up every year due to the poor logistics of the judiciary. ... Read more
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SC to get four new judges
The government will appoint at least four judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court within this week to try and speed up the disposal of over 9,000 pending cases, law minister Shafique Ahmed has said. The four senior high court judges to be elevated to the Appellate Division, according to a recommendation from ... Read more
Body formed to prevent graft in SC
Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque on Sunday formed a five-judge committee to prevent corruption in the Supreme Court. Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, has been appointed head of the committee, said a release signed by the Supreme Court’s