Need over 70k judges to clear pending cases: CJI
Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Sunday expressed concern over the low judge-population ratio in India and said that more than 70,000 judges were required to clear pending cases before the judiciary. The figure was based on a 1987 Law Commission of India estimate adjusted to today's population, he said. Notably, the country currently has only 18,000 serving judges.