(a) the number of constitutional (full bench), civil and criminal cases pending before
the Supreme Court of India as on date, separately;
(b) the number of them which are more than three years, five years old and more than
five years old;
(c) the number of vacancies of Judges in the Supreme Court at present alongwith
dates from when they fell vacant;
(d) the number of vacancies filled up during each of the last three years; and
(e) the steps have been taken to dispose of the old cases?
THE MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE AND MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI ARUN JAITLEY):
(a) The Supreme Court has informed that there are 487 civil and 9 criminal Constitution
Bench cases pending for hearing in the Supreme Court of India as on 28.2.2003, as per
the statistics furnished by the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
(b) The number of Constitution Bench cases pending before the Supreme Court of India as
on 28th February, 2003, for more than three years/five years as pei the statistics furnished
by the NIC is detailed below:
Actual number of files Civil Criminal Total More than three years old cases 145 01 146 More than five years old cases 88 01 89
Year No.of vacancies filled up 2000 08 2001 04 2002 07