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17 mercy petitions pending before president

July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 17 mercy petitions pending before president

Mercy petitions of 17 people on death row are pending before President Pratibha Patil, reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed. Most of the pleas are from those convicted of murder or rape. In reply to information sought under the RTI Act by Subhash Chandra Agarwal, the President’s Secretariat said the oldest […]

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Over 15,000 RTI appeals pending with information commission

February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

More than 15,000 appeals under the Right to Information Act (RTI) are pending with the Central Information Commission (CIC), Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V. Narayanasamy told parliament Thursday. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Narayanasamy said the average monthly receipt and disposal of appeals by […]

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Plan to settle all pending cases within three years: Moily

November 13, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The central government has taken initiatives to dispose of all pending cases in various courts across the country within three years, union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily said here Saturday. “The union government, besides taking steps for judicial reforms, is also modernising court administration across the country with the latest information technology,” Moily […]

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41,827 decade-old cases pending in Delhi courts

August 23, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

As many as 41,827 cases have been pending in five district courts in the national capital for over 10 years, an official report said. As per the Delhi government’s law and justice department, 202,493 civil matters and 720,807 criminal cases were pending in Tis Hazari, Patiala House, Karkardooma, Rohini and Dwarka district courts till July […]

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Three crore pending cases? Patil wants review

August 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

President Pratibha Patil Saturday called for a review of figures that put the number of pending cases before Indian courts at a staggering 3 crore. She also stressed on innovative ways to clear the backlog. Patil’s call came in response to Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia’s contention that more than 50 percent of the cases counted […]

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30 percent of pending cases are government’s: Moily

July 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Government litigation accounts for nearly 30 percent of the cases pending in courts across the country, Union Minister for Law and Justice Veerappa Moily said on Sunday. “More than 30 per cent of the litigation space is covered by government litigations. This space should be reduced and the space should be given to the ‘aam […]