India has more than 40 million cases pending in lower courts, the country's chief justice said on Saturday, highlighting a huge backlog in the legal system.
Courts were falling short of judges crucial to their efficient function, NV Ramana told a conference attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of most states.
"We have 20 judges per million population, which is highly inadequate to deal with the rising trend of litigation," NV Ramana said.
Many of the 24,000 approved positions for judicial officers on the country's lower courts remain unfilled, Mr Ramana said, without specifying a number.
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