The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Centre introduces Bill to raise strength of judges in Supreme Court to 38
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Ishita Mishra
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The Indian government introduced a Bill to increase the Supreme Court's judge strength from 34 to 38 to address a significant backlog of cases. The move comes as the court faces pressure from over 92,000 pending matters.
The Union government on Monday introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to replace an ordinance that raised the sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court from 34 to 38, amid concerns over mounting backlog of cases.
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