Courts disposed of 7.28 L cases, received 7.70 L new pleas in

Aug New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) As the judiciary tries to tacklerising pendency of cases, latest figures show that cases filedlast month across India were more than the number oflitigations disposed of. While over 7.28 lakh cases were disposed of in August,more than 7.70 lakh fresh cases were filed in courts acrossIndia. According to the National Judicial Data Grid, casesdisposed of last month stood at 7,28,010 as compared to7,70,714 cases filed in the same period. Courts in Uttar Pradesh disposed of 1,27,382 cases ascompared to 1,44,210 fresh cases filed. In Karnataka, 82,058 new cases were filed as compared to86,857 disposed of in August. In Maharashtra, 95,196 cases were disposed of as comparedto 1,15,182 cases filed in the same period. In Delhi, new cases filed last month stood at 30,284 ascompared to 17,201 disposed of. The total number of cases disposed of comprised 2,12,894civil and 5,15,116 criminal cases. Out of the total casesfiled, 2,10,412 were civil in nature and 5,60,402 criminal,the data said. As the executive and judiciary try to iron out theirdifferences over appointment of judges to the Supreme Courtand the 24 high courts, the government believes some of themain factors responsible for pendency of cases in courts areincreasing number of appeals against state and centrallegislations, accumulation of first appeals and continuationof ordinary civil jurisdiction in some of the high courts. The other factors include vacancies of judges, appealsagainst orders of quasi-judicial forums going to high courts,frequent adjournments and lack of adequate arrangement tomonitor, track and bunch cases for hearing. PTI NABSMN