Chief justice for doubling lower court judges to reduce backlog of cases

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today said the number of judicial officials (lower court judges) needs to be doubled to tripled to reduce the increasing backlog of cases.

There might be a remedy if the lawyers conduct cases virtually otherwise the backlog of 30 lakh cases will not be dealt with, he said while presiding over a six-member full bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for virtually hearing and disposing of cases.

The chief justice made the observation after SCBA Secretary Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal requested him to increase the number of virtual courts for dealing with more cases.

Senior lawyer and former attorney general AF Hasan Ariff said the apex court may pass an order on the government to construct multistoried buildings for the courts as there is a crisis of land.