Short of justices, Supreme Court’s work further slows

High courts have a 59.33 percent case clearance rate, district courts come second at 54.56 percent, while the apex court is last at 17 percent.

The output of the Supreme Court that was earlier limited owing to months-long protests against the then Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, who has since retired, hasn’t improved much due to a shortage of justices.