India chief justice in ”tearful” plea for more judges

India’s top judge has made an emotional plea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recruit more judges to handle an “avalanche” of backlogged cases. Chief Justice TS Thakur appeared close to tears as he asked how the country’s current 21,000 judges could cope with tens of millions cases pending. He said a judge at India’s […]

India’s top judge has made an emotional plea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recruit more judges to handle an “avalanche” of backlogged cases.
Chief Justice TS Thakur appeared close to tears as he asked how the country’s current 21,000 judges could cope with tens of millions cases pending.
He said a judge at India’s Supreme Court dealt with about 2,600 cases a year, compared with just 81 in the US.
Mr Modi said the government would try to solve the problem.
Speaking at a conference in Delhi, Chief Justice Thakur said: “It is for development of this country, that I beseech you to rise the occasion.
He said the government should raise the number of judges to at least 40,000.