Kolkata:
Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily today launched an ambitious programme to bring down the huge number of cases pending before different courts in the country.
The programme named 'Mission Mode Programme for reduction of pendency of arrears in courts' was launched here on the occasion of the 150th year of Calcutta High Court, the oldest high court in the country.
"We have initiated this ambitious programme with a goal of disposing of 40 per cent of cases from the annals of subordinate courts," Moily said at the Sesquicentennial Building of the high court after inaugurating the programme.
Noting that India suffers from the highest pendency of cases in the world and that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also concerned about this, he said, "All the 21 high courts have responded in starting procedures to reduce pendency."
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was present on the occasion, said, "All over the country, three crore cases are pending."