Over two crore cases are pending in subordinate courts in India which also face a shortage of over 3,000 judicial personnel, a Parliamentary Committee has observed.

It termed the high rate of pending cases in subordinate courts in the country a "serious matter".

"The Department of Justice (in the law ministry) informed that as on March 31 (last year) 2,68,51,766 cases were pending in subordinate courts.

"Some of the major reasons for high pendency of cases in subordinate courts are poor judge-population ratio, prolonged and costly litigation caused by procedures and lawyers' interests, poor infrastructure, shortage of judicial personnel (and) weak alternative dispute resolution mechanisms," the Standing Committee on Law and Personnel said.

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