Highest pendency in Jammu, Sgr courts
By: Ibni Maqbool
Srinagar: Around 8000 commercial dispute cases were pending in the designated commercial courts of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories as on December 31, 2021, official data reveals.
Documents in possession of The Precious Kashmir reveal that 8024 commercial dispute cases were pending in designated commercial courts of Jammu & Kashmir as on 3-12-2021.
These details were submitted by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to J&K’s Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, on January 31, 2022.
As per the document, 7913 commercial dispute cases were pending in the designated courts of Jammu & Kashmir on December 1, 2021.
In the month of December 2021, 294 such cases were instituted and 183 were disposed.
The data reveals that 3679 such cases were pending in the designated commercial court of Jammu, 2929 in Srinagar, 344 in Baramulla, 288 in Pulwama, 249 in Kathua, 107 in Anantnag, 102 in Kupwara, 55 each in Kulgam and Budgam, 48 in Doda, 40 in Kishtwar, 33 in Udhampur, 31 in Rajouri, 20 in Bandipora, 19 in Ganderbal, 14 in Poonch, 10 in Leh and one in Ramban. The data shows that no commercial dispute case was pending in designated commercial courts in Reasi, Samba, Shopian and Kargil.
