Pendency During the Pandemic
As the count of judges in Supreme Court is slated to come down to 28 after CJI S A Bobde retires in Apr 2021, there is a large backlog of cases in the Apex Court. However, to keep a check on the concerning rise in the number of pending cases in the apex court may require some deep reforms on the part of the institution.
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Alok Prasanna Kumar is Co-Founder and Lead, Vidhi Karnataka. His areas of research include judicial reforms, Constitutional law, urban development, and law and technology. He graduated with a B.A. LL.B. (Hons) from the NALSAR University in 2008 and obtained the BCL from the University of Oxford in 2009. He writes a monthly column for the Economic and Political Weekly and has published in the Indian Journal of Constitutional Law and National Law School of India Review apart from media outlets such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Scroll, Quint and Caravan. He has practiced in the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court from the chambers of Mr Mohan Parasaran, and currently also co-hosts the Ganatantra podcast on IVM Podcasts.
