Dispose of pending cases urgently, SC tells high courts

The Supreme Court on Thursday flagged systemic delay in criminal justice delivery, noting that serious trials had been stalled for decades solely due to subsisting interim orders. The apex court urged all High Courts to urgently list and dispose of matters where criminal proceedings for grave offences, such as murder, rape and dowry death, have been frozen because of interim relief.

- BHAVINI MISHRA

The Supreme Court on Thursday flagged systemic delay in criminal justice delivery, noting that serious trials had beenstalled for decades solely due tosub-sisting interim orders.