Courts disposed of 11.6 million cases in 2019

Some 36,84,728 cases  were pending with courts in the country till December 31, 2019, after 11,65,935 cases were disposed of between January 1 to December 31, a statement from Supreme Court said yesterday.

The number of cases pending with Appellate Division stood at 23,617 after 6,303 were disposed of.

The High Court disposed of 1,35,275 cases while 4,89,068 cases were pending till end of the year.

Lower courts had a backlog of 31,72,043 cases, after disposing of 10,24,357 cases last year.