The Supreme Court has said that the load of work, which is flowing in the highest judiciary, is uncontrolled and excessive. It has asked the Bar to suggest measures for speedy disposal of cases.

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha yesterday said, they are not finding ways and means to deal with the situation.

He asked senior lawyers to hold consultations among themselves and come out with suggestions to deal with the increasing workload. Justice Lodha said he had recently interacted with 12 Chief Justices of other countries and none of their Supreme Courts handles such a large number of cases.

The court was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by death convicts seeking commutation of their sentence to life imprisonment.

The bench also said matters pertaining to death sentence will be heard by not less than a three-judge bench.