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Supreme Court: Is India's most powerful court hobbled by a huge pileup of cases?

2023-07-31 07:22
India's top court has a backlog of nearly 70,000 cases, and many say this is impeding justice.
Supreme Court: Is India's most powerful court hobbled by a huge pileup of cases?

Scholars have hailed India's Supreme Court as the most powerful in the world - and not without reason.

The 73-year-old court can nullify executive acts, parliamentary laws and amendments to the Constitution. It also has the power to initiate cases independently, appoint "friends of the court" to...