November 20, 2018 11:18 pm | Updated November 22, 2018 07:32 pm IST
New Delhi: A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi, Monday, Nov 12, 2018. (PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist) (PTI11_12_2018_000066B)
At present, there are 2.85 crore cases pending in lower courts across India. States with a high number of judge vacancies and a relatively low number of judges corresponding to their population, such as U.P., West Bengal and Bihar, tend to have a higher number of pending cases.
The number of cases that are pending for long are also higher in such States.
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