Top-heavy justice

Something troubling is happening in the upper judiciary. The system of precedent seems to be breaking down. To understand this problem, three numbers speak volumes. Between 2005 and 2010 (the last year we have complete data), the number of cases disposed of by all the high courts increased by about 25 per cent (to about 17 lakh). Meanwhile, during the same period, the number of cases that were appealed to the Supreme Court increased by 52 per cent (to around 43,000) and the number of cases the Court accepted for regular hearing increased by 70 per cent (to 8824).

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