'Backlog can be cleared only with more judges' said the former Chief Justice of India Mr Tirath Singh Thakur.

I would go a step further and plead before the higher judiciary that the pendency can be brought down both by the existing judges and the advocates ( both the Bench and the Bar)  if they are willing to take the following measures: 

Release all the under trials forthwith the moment they have stayed in prison for a period more than the maximum punishment provided for the crime they have allegedly committed.

2) Dismiss all the appeals and special leave petitions filed after the time limit prescribed under the law unless satisfactorily justified with convincing reasons - whether by the State or others at the motion hearing stage itself.

3) No early hearing of petitions unless any emergency situation warrants it.

4) A time limit to be prescribed for hearing the final arguments and the number of hearings per case to be fixed in a practical way.

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