In a bid to reduce pendency, SC bins 13,147 old cases in one go

In a move to reduce pendency, the Supreme Court has junked 13, 147 old unregistered but diarised cases registered prior to 2014.

Supreme Court

In a move to reduce pendency, the Supreme Court has junked 13, 147 old unregistered but diarised cases registered prior to 2014.

On Thursday, an order issued by Registrar Judicial-1 Chirag Bhanu Singh said: "These bunch of 13,147 unregistered but diarised cases have been registered prior to the year 2014, to be precise before August 19, 2014. These cases had been filed more than 8 years ago. As per the practice then in vogue, the matters had been returned to the Ld. counsel/petitioner-in-person for rectifying the defects noticed in the matters respectively. They have never been rectified ever. The petitions had added to the pendency at the apex court."