New Delhi: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit (Justice UU Lalit) has recently assumed the charge of Chief Justice of India (CJI). After he became the CJI, the top court solved more than 1800 cases in just four days. Addressing a felicitation function organized by the Bar Council of India, CJI UU Lalit gave details of the Supreme Court's performance.

The CJI told the lawyers that, 'I want to share with you one thing that happened in the last four days. The cases we are listing are much larger than those before I took office. My General Secretary has placed the figures before me. The total number of cases disposed of by the court in the last four days was 1293. According to media reports, out of 1293 cases, 493 were disposed of on August 29.' Let us tell you that this was the first day of the UU Lalit as CJI of the Supreme Court. After this 315 verdicts were pronounced on Friday (September 2). At the same time, on Tuesday and Thursday, the top court disposed of 197 and 228 cases respectively. Due to Ganesh Chaturthi, there was a holiday of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

During his address, CJI UU Lalit stressed that the Supreme Court can decide on 106 cases of regular hearing within two days. Regular hearing matters before a three-judge bench that either requires extensive arguments or has been lying in abeyance for decades without being listed.

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