Answer:

There are more than 2.18 crore cases pending in various courts and around 485 top judicial posts are needed to be filled up in high courts. It leads to judicial delays and deprives people of speedy justice.

Issues associated with pendency of cases:

♤ Frequent adjournments and delays in trial have led to increase in the number of under trial prisoners. Trials take decades to complete pointing to the inefficiency of judicial system.

♤ Many frivolous cases filed by corporates against their business rivals take up too much time of the courts.

♤ Misuse of PILs take up a lot of time of court, further aggravating the problem.

♤ Thus while poor suffer due to lack of resources, the powerful misuse the judicial process to suit their needs which is an impediment to the rule of law.