A total of 18949 cases of various natures including constitutional petitions are pending adjudication before the Supreme Court.
According to the weekly cases progress report of the Supreme Court, 682 cases were disposed of during the week- February 23 (Saturday) to March 01 (Friday), whereas 435 new cases were instituted during the same period.
The backlog of cases in the Supreme Court on February 23 stood at 19196 cases. A total of 435 new cases were instituted during this period, thus the progressive total of pending cases on March 01, 2013 totaled 19631 cases. Out of these, 682 cases were disposed of during the afro-mentioned period, leaving a backlog of 18949 cases.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had constituted various benches at the Supreme Court’s principal seat Islamabad and at branch registries to expedite the case hearings and lessen the backlog. The CJ and the judges of the Supreme Court are committed to accelerate disposal of cases and diminish the backlog.