New SC benches to hear criminal, tax cases on daily basis


New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS): To address the backlog of pending cases relating to criminal and taxation matters, the Supreme Court has set up two benches to exclusively hear them on a daily basis when the court resumes work after the Holi break March 9, it was announced Monday.

Apex court registrar M.K.Hanjura Monday said that there were 11,137 criminal cases and 10,843 cases relating to taxation pending before the court.

The move is in pursuance to Chief Justice H.L.Dattu's initiative to reduce the pendency of the cases by employing the existing strength of the judges.

  

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