Logjam in judiciary surmountable, 100% case clearance possible: Eco Survey

CEA suggests cutting down on holidays for Supreme Court, High Courts, using technology such as AI for all courts

The backlog and pendency of cases in Indian judiciary, which is one of the biggest constraints to ease of doing business and enforcement of contracts in the country, is not an insurmountable problem, the Economic Survey of 2018-2019 has noted. In fact, a case clearance rate of 100 per cent can be achieved by addition of just 2,279 judges at the lower court and 93 at the high court level, the survey has noted.

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