Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Culture

SC judges joke about dharna for foot overbridge; lawyers flag 95k pending cases

With a pendency of 95,000 case in SC, can litigants do dharna for speedy justice, ask lawyers

SC judges joke about dharna for foot overbridge; lawyers flag 95k pending cases

Supreme Court judges from the Delhi High Court threatened to stage a sit-in dharna outside the main gate of the court if the government did not build a foot overbridge and pedestrian paths by November 25. The bench led by Justice J B Pardiwala made the comment in jest, but the issue of pending cases in the court has been a hot topic. With over 95,000 cases pending, lawyers have raised concerns about the impact of dharna on law and order in Delhi.

Written by urgent.news from Times of India's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

Read the original at timesofindia.indiatimes.com →

More in Culture

More from Tuesday 20 October →