Around three lakh cases in High Courts and over 6 lakh 71 thousand cases in District and Subordinate Courts are pending for more than 20 years.<br />''<br />''This was informed by Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Lok Sabha quoting data retrieved from the Integrated Case Management Information System. He said &nbsp;208 cases are pending in the Supreme Court also for more than 20 years.<br />''<br />''Stating that the pendency of court cases is a multi-faceted problem, the Minister said with the increase in population and awareness of rights amongst the public, the filing of fresh cases is also increasing by leaps and bounds year after year. He said the disposal of pending cases in courts lay exclusively within the domain of the judiciary.<br />''<br />''The government today, February 3, said that 9082 Janaushadhi Kendras have been opened across the country under the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJK) till January this year. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagawanth Khuba said the government has set a target to establish 9300 PMBJKs during the current fiscal.<br />''<br />''The Election Commission has asserted that the introduction of the Remote Electronic Voting Machine for domestic migrants will not increase fake votes. It stressed that prototype RVM is a robust and stand-alone system based on the existing EVMs.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju quoting the poll panel said, independently, various guidelines and instructions of the ECI will ensure that the confirmation and genuineness of voter identity are verified. Last month, the Commission held an all-party meeting to discuss the Remote Voting Machine.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">He said, the Commission has informed that the machines have the capacity to handle multiple constituencies from one remote booth. He clarified that RVM is not proposed to be introduced for the upcoming election in the country.</span><br />
News On AIR | February 3, 2023 2:01 PM
LS Ministers provide written replies about govt initiatives on PMBJK, Remote Electronic Voting Machine & others