<span style="color: #222222;">The Minister of Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the government has provided all kinds of infrastructure and other support to the Judiciary to expedite speedy disposal of long-pending cases.<br />''<br />''Minister was replying to questions posed by various members during the question hour today in the Lok Sabha.<br />''<br />''Mr. Prasad said that the government has appointed a record number of 478 Judges in the High Courts and 34 Judges in the Supreme Court. He also said that the Chief Justices of the High Courts have been requested to take proactive steps to dispose off cases that are more than 10 years old.<br />''<br />''As far as the undertrials are concerned, Minister said that those who have completed more than half of the punishable period in detention should be released.</span><br />