August 26, 2025 2:48 PM

Supreme Court slams Prolonged delays in High Court verdicts, orders strict action

The Supreme Court has voiced strong concern over long delays by High Courts in pronouncing judgments after hearings are concluded, warning that such a situation erodes “litigants’ faith in the judicial process”.   A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra reiterated that if a judgment is not delivered within three months of being reserved, the Registrar General must place the case before the Chief Justice of the High Court, who will call upon the concerned Bench to pron...