Gauhati High Court Initiates Plan to Address Long

Published on : 14 Dec 2025, 3:19 am

Staff Reporter

Guwahati: In a bid to prioritize disposal of old pending cases, the Gauhati High Court has ordered that a list comprising 30 of the ‘most old pending cases’ should be prepared and placed in the ‘top of the list’ column of the daily cause list. The court also ordered that such a list should be prepared every 3 months.

The issue of prioritizing systematic disposal of long-pending cases in the HC was contained in an order (No. 98), wherein the Administrative Officer (Judicial) / Section in-charges of the respective Judicial Sections have been directed to prepare an immediate list of the 30 (thirty) most old pending matters from each respective case category. It was also stated in the order that such a list should be updated and prep