In the reply to a question asked in the #RajyaSabha, the @MLJ_GoI has replied that there are 72,062 cases pending in the Supreme Court, 59,45,709 cases pending in various high courts and 4,19,79,353 cases pending in district and subordinate courts. /1 
The data revealed that there are 2 vacancies of judges in the supreme court, 386 vacancies across all the high courts & 5343 vacancies in district & subordinate courts across India. /2
Allahabad high court with 69 vacancies is the high court with the highest number of vacancies, followed by Punjab & Haryana and Mumbai with 39 vacancies. /3
This alarming pendency of cases in the legal system is cause for severe concern. If cases lie pending for years before judgements are made, then it cannot be claimed that justice is truly served. A judicial system which is pro-people must ensure swift delivery of justice. /4
The government must work immediately upon ensuring the evolution of a framework to ensure that such pendency is avoided. A first step towards it is to ensure that the vacancies at all levels of courts are filled on an urgent basis. /5
Understaffed courts will remain incapable of clearing the backlog of cases, and instead will further add to it. The government must work together with the judiciary towards the same. /6
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