Justice Malimath said that he was particularly proud of the changes he brought to the High Court, including increasing the work hours of the Court by half an hour every day, in a bid to tackle pendency of cases.
“I disposed of more than 65,600 cases in my entire tenure. This is probably one of the highest disposals of any judge or Chief Justice in the country, if not the highest. In Madhya Pradesh itself, in 538 days, there has been a disposal of more than 17,700 cases.”
He also spoke of the 25 debt scheme, an initiative to dispose of long-pending cases before the district courts. The judge added that if it were not for this scheme, a case that was old as 61 years would not have been disposed of during his tenure.
The judge also spoke of his ‘Vision 2047’ which aims that by 2047, no case in the State should be pending for more than one year.
“No one has done any favors for me, so I owe no favors to anyone. Not a lot of people can say that. Systemic changes are the need of the hour, particularly since the judiciary is grappling in so many issues,” said retiring CJ Malimath.
Source: Barandbench
