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Nation / Tue, 02 Jun 2026 Bar and Bench

400-800 cases listed a day, yet people expect judges to work like robots: Allahabad High Court

Justice Kshitij Shailendra said that judicial proceedings take considerable time for disposal but parties cannot be permitted to openly defy the Court’s directions during such pendency. "The law does not countenance such audacity," he added. The administration of justice would descend into chaos and anarchy if such a situation is permitted, the Bench further said. “In heavily burdened constitutional courts, like our Allahabad High Court, where around 400, 500, 600 and sometimes more than 800 cases are listed every day before every Judge, judicial proceedings may consume considerable time for disposal; sometimes years and sometime decades also. Still people all around may expect such overburdened judges to become ever-working super robots or super computers or superhuman beings,” the judge commented.

Justice Kshitij Shailendra said that judicial proceedings take considerable time for disposal but parties cannot be permitted to openly defy the Court’s directions during such pendency.

"The law does not countenance such audacity," he added.

The administration of justice would descend into chaos and anarchy if such a situation is permitted, the Bench further said.

“In heavily burdened constitutional courts, like our Allahabad High Court, where around 400, 500, 600 and sometimes more than 800 cases are listed every day before every Judge, judicial proceedings may consume considerable time for disposal; sometimes years and sometime decades also. Still people all around may expect such overburdened judges to become ever-working super robots or super computers or superhuman beings,” the judge commented.

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