“Once the details came in, we told them…the target now is to dispose of these oldest of cases, because to dispose ordinary, inconsequential cases is not enough. We should dispose old, chronic cases,” he said, adding that to dispose them, judges were given additional weightage, by bringing them under the unit system.
“The result was that within a period of six months or so, by the time I left for Supreme Court, judicial officers had disposed of 5,500 of the oldest civil and criminal cases,” he said.
During his speech, Justice Thakur expressed optimism that with the judicial fraternity being conscious of the “ever-increasing number of cases,” the challenges will be overcome.
