The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over non-implementation of more than 8.82 lakh judgements passed by courts across the country in civil disputes. The top court termed the situation as ''highly disappointing'' and ''alarming''.

A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Pankaj Mithal made the remarks while reviewing the compliance of its March 6 order that had directed all high courts to instruct civil courts within their jurisdiction to decide execution petitions within six months.

Execution petitions are the pleas filed by decree holders, who have won the civil disputes, seeking enforcement of the verdicts.

The court had also made it clear that presiding officers would be held liable for any delay in presiding with its directive.

''The statistics which we have received are h

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