Supreme Court reports decline in pending cases

ISLAMABAD: At the shut of the Supreme Court of Pakistan's time of year 2022 session, information regarding the disposal of cases against the recent establishments within the current year two022 — until Gregorian calendar month sixteen — showed a discount within the range of unfinished cases by 2,653.

A reduction within the pendency has taken place for the primary time within the year 2022 once the computerisation of the highest court's records began in 2013, a announcement scan.

The statement by the SC quoted extraordinary efforts by the apex court's judges for making certain this positive development. These judges are acting at "less full strength" of the court since Gregorian calendar month 2022.

This information relies on figures bearing on petitions and appeals, whereas it excludes miscellaneous cases arising within the aforementioned matters.

In 2013, as per statistics, the establishment received twelve,223 whereas the disposal range was nine,060 with a distinction of +3,163. the amount of cases that came to the apex court in 2014 was twelve,677 and disposal was twelve,614 with a distinction of +1,063.

The country's prime court received fifteen,544 and disposed of twelve,277 cases in 2015 with a distinction of +4,367. the amount of cases received in 2016 was eighteen,849, whereas the apex court disposed of fourteen,638 with a distinction of +4,211. the amount in 2017 was nineteen,469, and also the range of these disposed of was thirteen,946 with a distinction of +5,623.

Meanwhile, in 2018 and 2019, cases received by the court were nineteen,390 and 20,313, whereas disposal range was sixteen,961 and 15,533, severally.

The number of cases that came to the Supreme Court in 2020 was sixteen,860 and 13,030 were disposed of. In 2021, the institution's cases were twenty,541, whereas the disposal range was thirteen,280 with a distinction of +7,261.

This year, the court received seventeen,379 cases and disposed of twenty,032 unfinished cases.