We require more than 70,000 judges to clear pending cases: CJI

May 08, 2016 20:16

The country requires more than 70,000 judges now to clear the mounting backlog of cases, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur said today, making a fresh push for speedy appointments to the judiciary.

Continuing to express concern over the low judge-population ratio in the country, Justice Thakur said access to justice was a fundamental right and governments cannot afford to deny it to the people. The pending court cases, which has touched an alarming 3.14 crore, had led to an emotional outburst by the CJI in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a conference in New Delhi recently.

The CJI once again raised the backlog issue while addressing a gathering of legal luminaries here on the occasion of centennial celebrations of the circuit bench of the high court. "If you go by the number of people that have been added to the population, we may now require more than 70,000 judges to clear the pending cases," he said.

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