All of the government’s responses have come with a caveat – that disposal of pending cases in courts is within the purview of the judiciary and that there are several factors leading to the insurmountable pendency.
Some of these factors include “availability of adequate number of judges and judicial officers, supporting court staff and physical infrastructure, complexity of facts involved, nature of evidence, cooperation of stakeholders viz. bar, investigation agencies, witnesses and litigants and proper application of rules and procedures. There are several other factors which may lead to delay in disposal of cases. These, inter-alia, include vacancies of judges, frequent adjournments and lack of adequate arrangement to monitor, track and bunch cases for hearing,” Rijiju reiterated on multiple occasions.