In the Indian justice system there are millions of backlogged cases in the courts.
As of a written statement by Indian law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in 2019, there are 43 lakh (4.355 million) cases that are pending in the 25 high courts in the country and over 8 lakh (800,000) of these are over a decade old. 18.75 lakh (1.85 million) relate to civil matters and 12.15 lakh (1.22 million) are criminal cases.
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| Indian Justice Is Not A Smooth Process ...... |
As of a written statement by Indian law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in 2019, there are 43 lakh (4.355 million) cases that are pending in the 25 high courts in the country and over 8 lakh (800,000) of these are over a decade old. 18.75 lakh (1.85 million) relate to civil matters and 12.15 lakh (1.22 million) are criminal cases.

