Pendency of cases is a big issue the courts face across the country. With each passing day new cases add to statistics of cases already pending adjudication before the courts. So, a time-bound disposal of cases is a must. If pendency is allowed to increase, it is bound to affect the timely and affordable delivery of justice which is central to protection of rights. 

At the very threshold, a legal fight for rights generates a legitimate expectation of a litigant. He fights with a zest, which, in the face of delays, ebbs gradually. His morale to fight for justice comes to an unpleasant end eventually, leaving him into overwhelming blues and immense repentance gnawing at him. This is perhaps the only harvest from the prolonged legal struggles for most of the litigants. 

Instances are not uncommon to see litigants reaping fruit of their litigation when they are already dead. Here justice comes but the receiver is none. This is the fact that attests to an injustice in the name of justice. So, rightly goes the maxim, ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’. Indeed, the system related to administration of justice requires a necessary overhaul to make it vibrant enough to meet the strong challenges. 

Of course, it is the pendency in courts which causes impediment to speedy justice delivery. The problem is like perennial peril refusing to give way to proper justice for litigants. With courts grappling to come out of pendency, the situation seems to be turning........

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