KOCHI: Some cases are pending before the high court for about 20 years and such old pending cases should be brought to the notice of the judges by the registry of the court, the Kerala high court observed in a judgment.
The issue of pendency of cases was highlighted by justice PV Kunhikrishnan in a judgment (NCN 2022/KER/65066) in a case that was filed in July 2010. The case was considered by a judge in November 2010 and was assigned a hearing in February 2012.