Need to increase disposal of cases: Supreme Court Judge

: Supreme Court Judge Justice R Subhash Reddy on Sunday stressed the need to arrest delays in disposing cases and appealed to judges and advocates to improve their reading habits to ensure it.

Litigants, he said, want speedy disposal of casesand judicial officers and advocates should work together and ensure increase in disposal rate.

"Delays are occurring.... one reason for this I strongly believe, is that the reading habit of judges and advocates is not there compared to our younger days... " he said at the inauguration of the City Civil Courts Complex-Phase-II at Secunderabad.

Reddy suggested that the delays could be cut short if the case papers were gone through in advance.

He said newly appointed judicial officers were not giving due respect to senior members of the Bar from the Bench.

At the same time, he cautioned members of the bar to not cross the 'Laxman Rekha' and respect members of the judiciary.

"We have internal problems and have to solve them ourselves. The litigant public are only concerned about their cases and delay and we are responsible for speedy disposal," he said
Stating that lawyers are the guardians of the system, he said it was their duty to explain to their clients why cases were being delayed