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Court cases pending in India for over 20 years have crossed 11.73 lakh, with Uttar Pradesh reporting the highest backlog. (Image generated using AI)

11.73 lakh court cases pending for over 20 years in India, UP tops list

July 24, 2026 1:09 pm

Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday said that there are over 11.73 lakh court cases pending for more than 20 years in various courts in the country.

Employee receives 300 times his salary by mistake, quits 3 days later; wins court case to keep the money

October 09, 2025 6:15 pm

The man, employed as an assistant at Dan Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos de Chile, was paid 127,000 pounds instead of 386 pounds, by mistake.

A will forged four decades ago and an 88-year-old: Punjab and Haryana HC upholds man’s conviction, reduces sentence

March 19, 2025 4:03 pm

Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi upheld the conviction of an 88-year-old man in a forgery case and ruled that the findings of a civil court are not binding on a criminal court.

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Centre spent over Rs 400 crore in 10 years to contest court cases

February 26, 2025 6:37 pm

In 2014-15, the cost incurred on litigations stood at Rs 26.64 crore while the expenditure for 2015-16 was Rs 37.43 crore.

District and subordinate courts are the biggest contributors, with 4,53,51,913 cases pending with them, according to the minister.

Over 5 crore cases pending in courts; max 1.18 crore pending in UP's lower courts

July 26, 2024 5:30 pm

Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal attributes the delays to inadequate infrastructure, complex cases, and lack of cooperation from stakeholders, among other factors.

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Netizens liken Amber Heard's courtroom outfits to Johnny Depp's; take a look

April 26, 2022 3:55 pm

Keen-eyed people are now convinced that Depp's former wife -- on whom he has slapped a $50 million defamation lawsuit in a Virginia courtroom -- has been copying his style

'Shortage of judges in Mumbai; will take 30 years for trial to be completed in pending cases'

December 08, 2021 10:07 pm

A 30% shortage of prosecutors and judges in the courts handling these cases is an issue that is contributing to the backlog, the report said.

What a 38-year-old turmeric scandal says about business in India

August 18, 2020 1:13 pm

The Supreme Court ended the 38-year saga of an alleged turmeric forger, who was arrested in 1982 and, eventually, sentenced to a month in jail and a 500 rupee ($6.70) fine. After a decade, the top court reversed his conviction; the two lower courts took around 14 years each to render verdicts.

Error and trial

January 09, 2014 3:16 pm

The court wants strict standards for investigators and prosecutors, but its solution is blunt.

Italy top court upholds Berlusconi jail term

August 02, 2013 2:01 am

For two decades,Silvio Berlusconi seemed teflon-coated,untouched by dozens of court cases and scandals,dominating political life and becoming Italys prime minister four times.