Over 5 crore cases pending in courts, 80,000 in Supreme Court: Law minister informs Lok Sabha

Over five crore cases are pending in various courts of the country, including 80,000 in the Supreme Court, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.

Union Law minsiter Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha(ANI)

In a written reply, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said as of December 1, out of the 5,08,85,856 pending cases, over 61 lakh were at the level of the 25 high courts.

The district and subordinate courts accounted for over 4.46 crore cases, he said.